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*ABOUT
THE ARTIST: Laurel Burch (1945 - 2007) was an artist first and it shows in her
jewelry. In 1960 she launched the business which would eventually be called
Laurel Burch Artworks. She started out by making paintings commissioned by
restaurants, businesses, and private collectors. Eventually Laurel Burch began
making jewelry and selling it on the streets of San Francisco from tackle
boxes. Some local stores began stocking her creations, and a businessman,
Shashi Singapuri, took samples of her work to China. She went to China in 1971
and discovered cloisonné, a kind of enamel work, with which she designed
paintings and had the designs made into earrings.
With Mr. Singapuri's
financial backing manufacturing began. Burch went on to work on cast metals and
wood, and to include spinoff products on paper, porcelain and fabric. In 1979,
she split with Singapuri, and started Laurel Burch Inc. She was president and
chief designer. In the 1990s she licensed her designs to a dozen or so
companies that have distributed her creations worldwide.
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