My first contact with jewelry was when my roommate brought to the dorm two pliers, a burner, silver lining and a brass wire. Captivated by the spectacle of fire, the high temperatures, the fusion of incandescent metal and the new shapes that emerged from the process, I than forged my first ring. Later I added watch wheels, shards of glass, pieces of wood and other readily accessible materials and crafted a few new pieces. Curious by nature and with nerves of steel, the jewelry world bewitched me straight away.
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