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Creative and unique products designed by Sharon Gerardi, including jewelry, book marks, StemArt, Oregon Driftwood Windchimes, and more! If you don’t find your answer here, feel free to contact us.
A: A gemstone or gem (also called a precious or semi-precious stone, a fine gem, or jewel) is a piece of mineral, which, in cut and polished form, is used to make jewelry or other adornments. However certain rocks (such as lapis lazuli), or organic materials that are not minerals (such as amber or jet), are also used for jewelry, and are therefore often considered to be gemstones as well. Most gemstones are hard, but some soft minerals are used in jewelry because of their luster or other physical properties that have aesthetic value.
A: Sharon wirewraps cabochons and bends metal to create pendants and ear rings. The metals she uses are gold-filled, sterling silver, and copper.
A: Gold filled wire is made by bonding a layer of 10-karat, 12-karat or 14-karat gold to a base of jeweler’s brass. The wire is then drawn to the desired thickness. It became popular in the early 20th century and allows Gerardi Gems to keep our gold jewelry more affordable.
Gold-filled wire is made by bonding a layer of 10-karat, 12-karat or 14-karat gold to a base of jeweler’s brass. The wire is then drawn to the desired thickness.
A: Yes you can! All ear wires on our website (whether they are made of copper, sterling silver, or gold filled) are nickel free and hypoallergenic.
A: A simple adjustable cord is provided with your pendant purchase so that you can wear your pendant immediately upon arrival.
A: Definately. Gerardi Gems always welcomes the opportunity to co-create with you. Simply fill out our Custom Ordering form. Once submitted, Sharon will get back to you in regards to design ideas, material use, and overall cost.
Gerardi Gems is the vision of Sharon and Paul Gerardi, a husband and wife team whose artistry is featured on this website. The duo traveled North America from 2004 through 2007, visiting 36 American states and 6 Canadian provinces. Along the way they traveled as artists ,offering their artistry at art festivals, local craft markets, in new thought churches, and at garden festivals.
Sharon began creating art in the 1990’s when she literally had to find a creative way to financially make ends meet. The result was Stemart, a fun and elegant addition to the stem of your wine glass. Sharon has continued to create new artwork in the form of jewelry, wire wraps, bookmarks, and wind chimes. Find out more on our Artistic Creations page. Sharon is a Certified Natural Healthcare Practitioner and has created the all-natural Enviroshield and Bugshield, which can be viewed on our Natural Care Products page. She welcomes Custom Orders and Wholesale Purchases for many Gerardi Gems items, and also offers Wedding Services in her role as a wedding officiate.
Paul became a performing songwriter in 1992 after a near death experience while working for Metro Traffic Networks in Orlando as a broadcast Traffic Reporter. He began writing and singing songs after that experience and has never stopped. He recorded three albums of contemporary folk music which are available on Gerardi Gems.
Paul also creates Oregon Driftwood Wind Chimes and assists Sharon in the crafting of her StemArt, as well as doing metal texturing for her bookmarks and jewelry. Paul is also a writer, penning poems and short stories, and writing commercial copy in his long standing role as a radio broadcaster.
Learn more about Sharon and Paul Gerardi by reading their biographies, located on the main menu of Gerardi Gems. Learn more about all Gerardi Gems Products and Services by visiting our product detail pages, or get answers to frequently asked questions by reading our FAQ’s on the right side menu just above our featured item.
On our Care & Info tab you can read our blog, check Paul’s performance itinerary, find cool web links, and read the e-Book that is a companion for The Psychic Shield, an amazing and elegant piece of jewelry that Sharon wire wraps by hand.
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Find out more about Paul Gerardi. A man of many talents, Paul grew up learning everything from crafts to music, and along the way he gained a love for words.
Read through these biography pages to gain a complete view of the many sides of Paul Gerardi, or use the links if you’d like to know more about a specific talent.
Writer and Author
Musician and Performing Songwriter
Broadcaster
Artist
“Words are wonderful things. When read, they are a gateway to imagination. When spoken, they can endear when spoken with love, or even damage another when spoken with hatred. Each time they are used, information is exchanged. I adore words, especially the ones that can mean many things all at once.”
An avid reader of all kinds of books and stories, Paul Gerardi’s adoration of language can be traced back to when he was thirteen years old. He was hanging out with a couple of teenaged friends listening to a Beatles song on the phonograph. When the song was done Paul blurted out what he thought the song lyrics meant and why he liked the song so much. The other kids did the same in a round robin sort of way, and to his surprise, everyone held a completely different meaning to the song in their minds. The same words had brought different things to different people, even though all present were hearing the song at the same time. Paul vowed to learn how to write in a way that could touch things deep inside.
As he grew and chose the career of broadcaster, Paul learned to write commercial and promotional copy for media purposes that communicated messages and moved listeners to action. All the while he tried his hand at poetry as well, seeking lend an artistic nature to words. After years working in radio, he tired of the idea that his job was to speak and write other people’s ideas. Selling everything from cars, food and music events to hernia cream with his pen and voice, Paul took a break from radio.
Prior to that decision, he had undergone a near death experience and for the two weeks after the event had written poetry non-stop, a life portal opened by the event. He sought his own voice to express his own words.
Since that time, Paul has written and sung songs that fill his three CD’s, continued to write poetry, and is currently working on a series of short stories and a novel.