About the owner: Kathryn Kinev
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Skill in all areas of jewelry making |  |
Especially casting, design, fabrication, granulation, stone setting, and use of both gold (both 18k and 22k) and platinum.
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Jewelry appraisal | |
Extensive experience with antique, estate, and period jewelry.
Owns a lab and a Master Diamond Set.
Follows ASA standards and guidelines.
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Education | |
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Jewelry Design and Silversmithing,
Georgia State University, 1984
Graduate Gemologist, Gemological Institute of America (GIA), 1987
Fellow, Gemological Association and Gem Testing Laboratory of Great Britain, 1990
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Associations | |
Georgia GIA Alumni Association, current president
Southern Women's Jewelry Association (SWJA), former vice president
Member of:
Accredited Gemologist Association
American Society of Jewelry Historians
Georgia Jewelers Association (GJA)
Jewelers of America (JA)
National Association of Jewelry Appraisers
Past member of:
American Society of Appraisers
Florida Society of Goldsmiths
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Awards and Scholarships | |
SWJA: President's Award, 1989
GJA Design Contest: Second Place, 1992
GJA Design Contest: Third Place, 1994
JA Scholarships: 1990, 1992, 1993
SWJA Scholarships: 1991, 1993, 1995
Kathryn has been into jewelry ever since she was a child.
By 1977 she was designing and making jewelry for friends. After working for other jewelers for several years, she started her own business, Jewel Creations, Inc., from the closet in her apartment in 1983 while attending Georgia State University in Atlanta. Only two years later she moved into a shop in the prestigious Buckhead area of Atlanta where she stayed for over 15 years.
Kathryn really does do it all: designs, appraisals, and repairs. She alloys the metals, draws the gold wire, and weaves the gold mesh.
She is also one of the very rare jewelers who uses granulation, an ancient and time-consuming technique of applying tiny spheres of gold to a surface.
Though it is not her main activity, Kathryn also has exceptional skill at repairing jewelry. It is not unusual for another jeweler to come to her with a particularly tough repair job.
Kathryn's seal
(404) 634-8355
kkinev(at)jewelcreations.com