Oct 8, 2010 | My Life in Jewels
I was twenty-six and guiding a group of geology professors through the Himalaya Tourmaline Mine where I was doing my undergrad thesis. One of the professors was Dr. Brian Mason, a geochemist who authored the mineralogy text most universities were using, including...
Oct 1, 2010 | My Life in Jewels
I told my friend Clare I was going to Sri Lanka to explore; that by going “something would happen.” I was feeling drained, missing my softness, the juiciness I needed to nurture creative life. Traveling someplace new sometimes shakes things up providing fresh...
Oct 1, 2010 | My Life in Jewels
I learned shorthand, typed 120 words a minute and got an A in Bookkeeping Fundamentals. Make way world – here comes nineteen-year-old Cynthia! I was singing another tune after two years as a legal secretary. I thought, “This is for the birds; if I’m going to do...
Feb 2, 2008 | My Life in Jewels
If not gems, I would work with textiles. I collected them: handmade quilts from the Amish of Ohio; colorful hammocks woven by Mexican net fisherman; centuries-old lace from Spain; shell and raffia loincloths from the Amazon; embroidered pillowcases from Midwestern...
Apr 13, 2004 | Press, Uncategorized
In the Spring of 2014, Cynthia Renée was hosted by GIA alumni and the WJA San Diego chapter where she spoke about “My Life in Color”. See Cynthia Renée's custom jewelry design portfolio...