Who am I? Someone who has recently (beginning of 2007) unleashed the creative storm on jewelry. When my friends introduced me to making jewelry, I tried to avoid it. Mostly because I knew once I started, I wouldn't stop. I'm quite grateful that they showed me their passions because it's opened up a new world of possibilities, creativity, and conversation.

I’m trying to carve out a niche in handmade jewelry featuring handmade glass beads by myself or some of my favorite glass artists. While concentrated on glass beads, I’ve expanded my repertoire of jewelry-making beyond beading to include simple wire-wrap and chain maille. I will probably continue expand and experiment with precious metal clay and metalsmithing at some point since I have ideas pouring out of my head and no current way to implement them without learning some additional skills.

Why should you visit here? Hmmm…..I don’t know yet. I’m still getting to know my site visitors. I’m assuming you stopped by because you know me from somewhere – in person or through social networking on Flickr, Etsy, or other artist’s websites. If so, thank you for stopping by! What I do know is that I'm loving this journey in art and art jewelry and would love to share what I learn as I go.  

Who are you? I’d like to get to know who’s stopping by. Feel free to drop me a line and let me know what you like, don’t like, or what other information you would find helpful. I have some ideas of where I plan to grow my website but feedback would be nice, too. jenn@jenniferborek.com

What’s New?

As of September 2008, for those of you who check out my site occasionally, you will notice some changes. I’m planning a HUGE MOVE across the world (Texas to Hong Kong) and since it will be a long, drawn out process of selling the house, moving and getting set up, I decided it would be better to officially close for a bit and re-open when I have time to offer real customer service. However, I’m still continuing to do little projects here and there. The momentum seems to have built up that I can’t quite stop!

As of September 3, I needed to post a new landing page since I just sold out my current stock of lampwork beads. **blink, blink** Yay! I’m still pinching myself. What a boost to artist confidence! I haven’t quite decided where I’m going with my jewelry business other than continuing to work on little projects and seeing where the wind blows. That’s kind of fun! And maybe that's all I'll do. Then again, maybe not. We shall see.

Coming Soon (or maybe later, it depends)

Because these are questions I get asked regularly, I will be writing the following articles for this website

• Getting Started in Lampworking (including links to books and online sources)
• Appreciating the Art of Lampworking (what’s so great about lampwork anyway?)
• Establishing an Online Presence

Contact: jenn@jenniferborek.com