Meet the Artist

I began my wholesale fashion jewelry business in Vancouver, Canada. I made my unique jewelry crafts and sold them on the street in Gastown, Vancouver. Then I began selling at retail shows in British Columbia and Alberta. My product showcase included handcrafted necklaces, unique handmade earrings, handmade bracelets and various other styles of handcrafted artisan jewelry and unique copper gifts. I also made custom jewelry for my customers.

Eventually I moved to Ontario, Canada and began exhibiting at craft shows in the area. I expanded my business to the United States and traveled to craft shows in New York State, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Illinois, Vermont and many other states. I very much enjoyed travelling, seeing new places and meeting other craftsmen and customers.

While exhibiting my copper jewelry at a craft show in Columbus, Ohio I met a man from Missouri who taught me the art of diamond cutting. Using this new technique greatly increased my sales and I have always appreciated the help he gave me in learning this technique. Diamond cut designs made the copper jewelry sparkle adding value to the products. The fact that I was the only one making this type of jewelry combined with my reasonable prices has made my handmade jewelry business a great success.

I began to wholesale my artistic jewelry and my unique gift ideas throughout the United States and Canada focusing on fashion jewelry, costume jewelry and trendy jewelry. Our designers and artisans make each piece by hand, individually handcrafting copper into unique modern jewelry. We have received awards for the originality and the quality of our unique craft. Our artisans bring to you the antique copper craft in modern designs and exceptional quality. We enjoy making them with great care hoping that you will enjoy wearing them.

How The Jewelry Is Made

We employ many skilled and talented artisans with 20 years of experience in making handmade jewelry and unique gifts. We do not use pre-made jewelry parts and put them together. Copper sheets come into our workshop in coils. Guillotines are used to slice them into the correct lengths for handmade bracelets, handmade earrings, unique rings, handcrafted necklaces and more. These copper sheets are then polished using buffing tools and steel brushing to achieve the matte and subtle effect on copper. Jewelry designs are made ready after hard months of work, many trials and experiments and are finally transferred onto the copper sheets. Handmade jewelry designs are then silver plated and special finishes are applied to make them last for years. Three layers of finish are applied to our unique jewelry to prevent them from changing color or tarnishing. Our customers can enjoy our handmade jewelry without it requiring any special care. The jewelry designs are then cut-out by hand using jeweler’s shears or cutting tools. Handmade earrings, unique brooches, handcrafted necklaces, handmade bracelets, unique hair clips and handmade rings are formed into their unique jewelry shapes. They are then meticulously diamond cut (or bright cut) so that they sparkle like diamonds. Another coat of finish is then applied to our unique jewelry for extra protection.

Our jewelry is very reasonably priced when you take into consideration the perceived value, uniqueness and great quality. The handmade jewelry looks very expensive but is very reasonably priced. Copper sheets come into our work shop in coils of raw copper and go out as beautiful, unique, great quality and very reasonably priced handmade wholesale jewelry. The years of hard work have been very enjoyable for all of our team. We take great pride in our meticulous craft. Knowing that many customers over the years have enjoyed our unique handmade jewelry has made all our hard work worthwhile.

Tony

My husband and I were privileged to meet Tony at a craft show in London, Ontario several years ago. We began retailing his products at that time. We are amazed every year at all of the new product lines which he designs. The quality is superb.

This biography is being used by permission of the artist.