It’s been such a fun and exciting year, I’ve also designed some new things. And there will be new jewelry in the store later this fall..
At the same time, it has been a difficult time to live separately from my dear beloved family.
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There have been difficult moments .. but it has been a very creative time for me as well .In this first year at that school I have learned a lot, although I have felt like a failure too at the same time as a mom , as a partner , as the goldsmith . But i have learn a lot… i learned how to set stones more professionally, learned to do engraving.. Have used these skills to and from both my private and school projects…Then designed from my school project a new version ring , which I now call “Patriot” .
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It has the colors of the Estonian flag. Blue Black and White..
I have also made the other jewellery at school, some as school work and some my own..
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Necklace that I made for our daughter’s teacher at school. She has three teachers who worked with their class …
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Made my first version of gold ring in hand. I got a small bar of gold that I rolled out in the rolling mill, and when I had soldered, I shaped it as a half round. I shaped it with just using a file .
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At this time I came up with a different way of stone setting. I have seen it in Instagram and I’ve been wanting to try it for a long time…octopussetting. I love it . I had a white sapphire for few years that I’ve been thinking of making something for me ..
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At the time I already had a school project that I had WITHOUT STONE .. so now I’ve started hoarding some small faceted round stones to practice . And during a fair visit I had bought some synthetic ones. So synthetic Aquamarine sat nicely in that ring.
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Now my summer vacation is over, so I’ll be going back to school soon. Because when I have finished with my school, we have to rethink our accommodation a bit. So we have decided to move. To the south of the country … Yeeeee.. phy.. to be closer to each other and contemporary, I know how difficult it is to get customers here.
And this summer I was involved in a terrible thing as well. I have been making jewellry now since 2017. Not once have I witnessed someone stealing from me. So I got stolen of a necklace and a ring. At the one day. Damages were quite large when you are a poor student and live with the bare minimum, and every penny is enough to survive day by day.
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Life must go on. and on Monday I’m on my way to school. ….