Taos Jewelry Started During Lock-down

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Taos Jewelry started when founder, Tim Smith, watched his father cut stones and make jewelry. Throughout the years he learned how to work the lapidary equipment and how to fabricate sterling silver. Growing up in the Jewelry business, Tim was drawn to this work but didn't pursue it. But then, COVID hit and Tim's life was changed. That is when Taos Jewelry went from being an occasional nostalgic thought to a reality.

 

While Tim was enrolled in Geology at the University of New Mexico, he decided to take an elective in jewelry-making. Little did he know that this elective, which was required to keep enough units for the Pell Grant, would change Tim's career trajectory. During this class, Tim's early experience with Jewelry-making ignited a fire in Tim. He sold a 1963 Volkswagen Beetle to get his first equipment, and his business only grew from there. With hard work, careful use of stimulus money and a helping hand from Donna Smith, who generously gave Tim her father's stone collection, Tim's dream of opening a Jewelry business was born in the dark of the COVID-19 lock-down.

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As Tim continued making pieces, he started to align to an additional purpose he is meant to fulfill with his Jewelry business. His passion for rocks and minerals led to learnings about the healing and rejuvenating properties of specific stones. Now each piece is developed with focused intent so that it can offer unparalleled beauty and uniqueness, but also beneficial energies that promote healing, understanding, alignment and re-balancing.

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