The above photo features Stephanie Willis selling her jewery at the Yanceyville Curb Market. Stephanie has been making jewelry for about ten years. She collects beads from all over the world and assembles them by twisting wire and adding tooled metal. She is especially talented at assembling well-balanced necklaces with interesting combinations of colors and beads. Just Be, on South Elm Street, features Stephanie's jewelry.
By day, Stephanie is a social worker with Triad Health Project, a non-profit established to assist with HIV/AIDS prevention, education, and related services. Stephanie's day job comes with an inherent amount of stress and jewelry making is the perfect way to relax. With people, one's positive impact can be far reaching, but not always immediately apparent. In making jewelry, one can combine, pound, twist, match, and assemble something beautiful in a very short period of time. Stephanie has the best of both worlds; and is equally good at both.
The beauty of having a website like Greensboro Daily Photo is that we get to meet great locals like Stephanie Willis. We were lucky to catch her at the Curb Market last week as she doesn't have a cell phone and doesn't mess with social media. She is too busy making a difference by day and making jewelry by night!
Excellent portrait!
Posted by: William Kendall | Tuesday, May 13, 2014 at 08:06 PM