Jewelry Designer Sets Fire to Her Pieces at 1 of a Kind Jewelry Mall

FISHKILL, NY -- Local jewelry designer, Nancy Troske, of Nancy Troske Jewellery, has joined the leading online Jewelry Mall "1 of a Kind Jewelry Mall" as a jewelry designer and cloisonné enamel artist.

Ms. Troske (formerly known as Nancy Hannigan) began her jewelry career when she was 12 years old. Her mother came home one day, after taking a class in "copper enameling," with a small table top kiln and a wonderful assortment of colorful glass powders, lumps and threads along with a selection of copper shapes and findings. Together they would make pins, cuff links, earrings, ash trays, tie pins, etc. This early experience with metal and the use of color launched her career in jewelry making with a specialty in cloisonné enameling.

Ms. Troske graduated college with a Bachelor of Fine Arts and continued on to jewelry school in Manhattan and later in San Francisco. In addition to enameling, her jewelry skills include chain making, granulation, alloying, jewelry repair, metalsmithing in gold and silver, metal clay, diamond & stone setting and keum boo. She likes to quote one of her early teachers who said, "Jewelry making is 10 techniques and 10,000 tricks." If you visit her pages at the 1 of a Kind Jewelry Mall you will see examples of her various techniques and styles.

Ms. Troske does "set fire" to her pieces! Many of her pieces are torch fired, as well as fired in a kiln. She says, "Enameling is my favorite jewelry technique and it is best learned by doing. Firing a piece is often scary but you have to get out of your comfort zone and experiment. Success is gratifying but your mistakes are the best teachers."

In addition to being a jewelry designer, Ms. Troske headed up a small web design company for many years. As a result, she knows very well how difficult it is for a jewelry designer to get noticed on the internet. Even if a designer has a great website, it is extremely hard to get his/her name out there, especially on a small budget. The 1 of a Kind Jewelry Mall gives jewelry designers "strength in numbers." The mall owners, Patty and Gary, have focused their expertise on putting together a great looking and well functioning website, and most of all have the ability and know-how to market and promote the site. "I'm very excited to be ‘in on the ground floor' of this venture. I feel a part of it because Patty and Gary have taken the time to know their designers and listen and respond to their needs" says Ms. Troske.

Ms. Troske's pieces can be seen at www.nancytroskejewellery.com. She welcomes inquires and custom orders. Let her "fire up" a piece for you.

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