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Gino Deskins
Since 2003 Gino has concentrated
his time taking over 30 jewelry and lapidary classes at William
Holland School. He has studied with Joe DePietro, Terry Higley,
Dan Haga, Jim Dalhausen, Will Smith, Randy Armstrong, Preston
Kemp and nationally known jewelry designer and wax carver,
Kate Wolf. Gino has also studied Scrimshaw with Rich Williams
and Sandra Brady, well known scrimshaw artists. When not at
the school, he has been actively engaged in casting and jewelry
making in his own studio with plans to teach faceting and
chainmaking in the near future.
Betty Porter
Betty is a Graduate Gemologist
of the Gemological Institute of America and a Registered Gemologist
Appraiser of the International School of Gemology. She has
taken classes with Mary Lou Kick, Terri Monagle, Rich Dillon
and Sara Lee Boyce at William Holland. Betty has studied scrimshaw
with Rich Williams and Sandra Brady, well-known scrimshaw
artists. Her love of colored stones began 30 years ago when
she traveled for years to Europe to buy antique jewelry. This
combined with a Masters from George Washington University
and a BFA from Memphis College of Art has given her experience
with the design of jewelry and knowledge of the use of colored
stones through the ages. Knowing what a stone is and what
it's worth -- often dictates what kind of jewelry it should
be in.
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