I am a Storyteller. After a long hiatus from making earrings, I am combining these two passions: so, every earring comes with a little story or poem specifically created for that pair! My brilliant daughter's idea.
The backstory - I sold beads on 36th St and 6th Ave, the bead center of NYC, as a part-time job when I was in college where I learned to make earrings. I had a hiatus of decades. About a year ago, at our local library where I was to do a performance, a woman was giving a workshop to make earrings for a battered women's shelter. I picked up those pliers and it all came back! I donated three pair that night.
Once the pandemic hit, I became obsessed with making earrings until the wee hours of the morning. Procrastination? Escape? Therapy?
At first, I was attracted to wooden skull beads that reflected the plague-like times of Covid. Then I branched out to making elegant styles, using a wide variety of material including African trade beads and amber that a friend gifted me.
I also nearly forgot that my father, who died when I was very young, was a jeweler! However, he worked in precious metals and was a designer.
How could I have forgotten? It comes back full circle.
My Stories are on award winning CDs, youtube and other sites. I've created a limited time special combo for this Holiday Boutique to introduce you to my Storytelling as well as to my earrings. So please see price chart and speak to me if you are interested. You can hear an excerpt of one of the Grimm tales by clicking on the CD cover! My resume can be accessed through my website: www.judithanddan.com.
I still tell stories for all ages and would be happy to bring them to your community.
Thanks for stopping by!

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