The Design and construction of fine jewelry is an art form. Master goldsmiths from the turn of the century have handed down techniques used by such artists as Bucellini, Bugari, Faberge, and Feriozzi. I was fortunate to learn many of these same styles directly from Orlando Feriozzi. Feriozzi came to America in 1975 after 50 years in Roma, Italy. He came to teach young Americans who were hungry to learn this lost art of hand fabrication, no longer taught in any school today. I spent five years learning only these special methods which today no jeweler understands. Prior to that, I spent four years with a German trained stone setter. In total, nearly a ten year apprenticeship learning the design and construction of fine jewelry that is unmatched by anyone. David Adams