White Memorial hosts adult jewelry class
\nTorrington Register Citizen
\nJENNA CIARAMELLA, Register Citizen Staff
\n03\/20\/2006<\/p>\n
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Thirteen women attended the Spring Fling and Nature Jewelry Making Class at the White Memorial Conservation Center Saturday, facilitator and professional jewelry designer Kerry H. Lucid said.<\/p>\n
“Kerry was charming and showed us how to make something very easy that looks very complicated,” said Zhichang Zhou from Torrington.<\/p>\n
White Memorial, 80 White Hill Road, is a nonprofit museum and organization promoting the environment and conservation, with more than 4,000 acres, Research Director Dave Rosgen said.<\/p>\n
Lucid began designing her own jewelry five years ago after she received a beading kit as a gift. She now has her own business, Reconstruct LLC Innovative Jewelry.<\/p>\n
Lucid said she has been teaching children\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s jewelry-making classes at the center for about a year and organized the adult class after receiving parent and adult requests.<\/p>\n
Ladder stitch bracelets were made with Brazilian light amethyst, peridot from San Carlos, Ariz., white lotus cultured freshwater pearls, Czech fire polished faceted lavender beads, and quality sterling silver clasps made in the United States, Lucid said.<\/p>\n
“I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m in the process of (switching to) using only stones and minerals from the USA to promote our country,” Lucid said.<\/p>\n
Group members also learned about the history of the stones, how they are mined and what type of energy each one manifests, Lucid said.<\/p>\n
Amethyst is said to enhance spiritual awareness, peridot purportedly helps find happiness within oneself and overcome jealousy and anger, and the pearls are said to promote truth, loyalty and personal integrity, Lucid said.<\/p>\n
“And the women get to put them all together on their own, which makes it creative and special,” Lucid said. “I was very impressed with how everyone was helping each other bead.”<\/p>\n
Darci Stenson, Torrington, said she knew some information about the stones, but learned new things in the class.<\/p>\n
“It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s always interesting to hear more,” Stenson said.<\/p>\n
Jewelry by Lucid can be found in Flora and Fauna in Litchfield, 10 West LLC, Morris, and Papineau Studio in Bantam, Lucid said.<\/p>\n
A mother-daughter perfume necklace class will be held at White Memorial in the upcoming weeks, and more adult classes are planned, Lucid said.<\/p>\n
Jenna Ciaramella can be reached by e-mail at litchfield@registercitizen.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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