http://artisandesigngallery.com/artist/andrea-barnett-jewelry/rss/rss/ Andrea Barnett takes great care in choosing the finest materials for all jewelry pieces, as well as taking great pride in original art "Made in America."  Andrea Barnett Jewelry is  a company of all women--except for her only son who helps monitor the bookkeeping. Andrea casts silver in Albuquerque, NM and bronze in Rhode Island, as well as all the design and fabrication in Dallas, TX.  All the delicate chain she uses in her vermeil pieces are 14k gold filled.  She uses some vintage brass chain with some of the medals and crosses, which are red bronze.   All the cut stones used in Andrea's jewelry are genuine semi-precious and precious stones carefully hand selected by Andrea herself. With everything from Jasper of all varieties, opaque Aquamarine, Green Opal, Fire Agate, Turquoise, Onyx, Carnelian, Amazonite, and many others. She also uses genuine Freshwater Pearls from China or Japan that Andrea hand selects for many of her custom bridal jewelry pieces. Artist bio courtesy of Andrea Barnett Jewelry en-us Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:05:29 -0500 290 81 http://artisandesigngallery.com http://artisandesigngallery.com/css/img/artisan-design-gallery.jpg