Currently, Jennifer  creates unique jewelry pieces that can be ordered online, over the phone or in person.  Jennifer is available to teach private or semi-private jewelry making classes. Please refer to the “workshop” page on the website or contact her privately by phone (805-765-2848).

Additionally,  she  has restored Judaica for synagogues in New York, Washington, DC,  Atlanta, GA,  Ventura, CA, Oxnard, CA,  Thousand Oaks, CA.   She also restores  Kiddush cups, candlesticks,  and silver servers for private collections.

Jennifer  knew at a young age that she loved art, at the age of 10 she used her allowance to purchase an enameling kit from Sears and taught herself.   She was a painter and line drawer and entered art school  at the Museum of Fine Art School (now called the Glassell School of Art) in Houston, Texas.  Jennifer signed up for a class in Lithography (never got to  take it) and  no one else signed up so,  she had to pick a new class.  That class  was jewelry making and she absolutely fell in love with working with silver .  That course  changed  her life.

In Charleston, SC.  she began creating, selling and teaching jewelry.  She taught jewelry and enameling at the Gibbs Museum Art School.  In addtion she taught  older adults at the Senior Citizen Center.

Jennifer lived in NYC for 18 years during that time with her many of years of experience Jennifer taught enameling and jewelry design to students of all ages who had a commitment and serious desire to learn about jewelry making.

Jennifer found herself  ill with Lyme Disease  for over 10 years  from 1983 to 1997.    She simply started to read  any jewelry designing  book that was written, so that she could stay motivated and continue to practice  her trade.  During this time,  Jennifer co-founded the National Jewish Artisans Guild open to juried craftspersons internationally.

After recovering, Jennifer moved to Atlanta, GA.  She taught jewelry design and enameling at the Spruill Art Center in Dunwoody, GA.  Jennifer created quality, unique jewelry pieces that could be worn day or night.  In addition,  Jennifer worked at a jewelry store as the resident expert for quality assurance.

Jennifer received her training in jewelry from:

• Museum of Fine Art School, (now called Glassell), Houston, TX
• PMLtd , (a private jewelry school) started by Pat McCrary  & Val Link (head of the jewelry department at the University of Houston), Houston, TX.
• Jewish Mueum, Tobe Pascher Workshop – NYC,  Ludwig Wolpert, Moshe Zabari and Harold Rubinowitz
• FIT,  NYC –  Anthony Lent (fine jewelry) and Genadi Osmerkin (Russian tehnique of hand raising vessels (silversmithing)
• Felicia Liban,  NYC  -  cloisonne enamel
• Jean Stark,  SC  -  granulation, Etruscan techniques
• Valerie Timofeev   (PA)-  Russian technique of Plique-a-Jour Enamel
• Valentin Yutkov- NYC –  chasing/repousse
• Megan Corwin- TN – chasing/repousse

References available upon request.

Here are some Links for useful information:
The Enamelist Society, Inc. is a volunteer arts organization founded in 1987 for the purpose of promoting the art of enameling.

www.glass-on-metal.com  Thompson Enamel’s magazine on what’s new in enamel

grainsofglass.ning.com    A wonderful resource for enamel forums

www.vcella~kilns.com      Supplier for Vcella kilns

http://www.paragonweb.com/   Supplier for Paragon kilns