[TheForge] Reis..Pete's dad's work

[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

ries wrote:
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 > Since he appears to be too bashful to post pics-
 > Here is a link to some of Pete's dads jewelry- it is, indeed, very cool.

They did a lot of splendid work Ries. When those business went under due 
to compounding disasters..they  ( father and my uncle) started from 
scratch and built " Artisan House" and signed the products "C Jere'" 
There is still a lot of their work around and the company, after being 
sold multiple times, has all it's stuff made in China now.
My father did the design and my uncle did production.
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http://www.broadwaterrosejewels.com/Example%20Pages/Example%20Matisse%20Renoir%20Page.htm
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 > seems like it runs in the family, ehh?

My father was a hell of a guy. A good artist and business man, socially 
graceful and something of an athlete.
I could never possibly hope to live up to that standard.
He and i did not get along, until we both got gray hair and grew 
up..both controlling and headstrong. He was accustomed to being the boss 
and i have always hated being told what to do.
It was flagrantly stupid and immature on my part..i could have learned 
so much from him!
I was certain i'd end up in the sport fishing industry or marine biology 
or maybe psychology and spurned all he had to offer.
He lived to be 90, was still competently driving the LA freeways ( 
fast), still doing original art, and got a hole in one in his last year. 
He was also online dating! His last girlfriend and i are still in touch.
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 > Pete- why is the finish "lost" now?
 > Do you not know how he did it?

He couldn't recall the name of the outfit. He had a chemist friend, a 
german jew he knew in the airforce during the war, who came up with the 
formula. They had it compounded when they first started making copper 
jewelry by hand.
My uncle Kurt couldn't remember either, he's still alive but not present 
most of the time.

 > Does it use some no longer available product, or now frowned upon
 > toxic technique?

All he could recall is that they polished and degreased the work. 
sprayed it on and baked it at about 300* for 1/2 an hour.
They were way ahead of their time in environmental considerations and 
hiring minorities and handicapped workers. Their worker loyalty was amazing.
Father's honesty was almost a handicap in itself.
How he spawned a leftover hippie is beyond me.
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 > ries