Every show we have at least a half a dozen people ask us for 'buy sell' kinds of jewelry pieces. This week my favorite question was: My mother went to Israel 30 years ago and bought me this star with the word chai (life on it). She got the large one, I got the medium one and my cousin got the small one., I lost it and I always go to these art shows hoping I will find this exact piece of jewelry. Do you have it?
Kick me before sarcasm rolls off my tongue. I politely said that the person who designed those pieces 30 years ago would not be happy to know that I, or someone else, had copied that design. So, no, we don't have that design but we have 15 other designs that you may like.
No, she said, I've looked 30 years for this design and this is the design I want.
Or, last week the lady said: My x-boyfriend gave me a star with a horseshoe on it. When I broke up 25 years ago, I gave him back the pendant. I always loved that pendant. Do you have it?
We don't have it - perhaps you might cookie horseshoe, star and pendant and find it that way. No, she said - she would keep on looking. When we got to the room that night, I googled horseshoe, star, pendant and up popped a piece. i don't know if this is 'the one' but it was easy to find.
We're not gong to have 'plain stars' that can be purchased on the internet. Pieces are designed by me. I want people to 'step out of the box' and look beyond that plain star ... alas, those who say - cute, interesting, nice, very interesting, very nice, different ... just don't get it.
On the other hand, a blog was written about a new piece - Tikva - Star of Hope..
