Self-taught jewellery
maker Samantha
graham took Some time
out from her hectic
Schedule to talk about
her life aS a beader.
Written by Deb GibbonsSam candidly admitS that she only started
making jewellery by chance. her younger
daughter natalie used to be quite heavy-
handed with her little bracelets and necklaces,
and Sam was constantly fixing all the bits and
pieces. Sam found she enjoyed working with
the jewellery, and decided she wanted to make
some pieces for herself. She quickly discovered
that she could instantly deconstruct a piece
of jewellery in her mind, just by looking at it,
and work out how it was made, step by step.
Surrounded by stones and beads and pieces
of wire of different colours, she could also
visualise how a finished piece of jewellery
would look, even before it was made.
and so began her new career, which
snowballed once the family moved to
tasmania. Sam started making jewellery to
sell, and soon in her adopted community in
george town, her jewellery was displayedSamantha and
her beads ...
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