Eid Special Wedding Fashion 2014 Jewellery 08

Eid Special Wedding Fashion 2014 Jewellery.

By Aamir Mannan.

"Benchwork taught me to think, design, and work faster," Eid recalls. "I now worked with gold, a material I had used for the first time when I made our wedding rings. [She married her husband, David Reiner, in 1979.] We had to borrow the $200 to buy it. The engagement ring I made five years later. I also learned to polish correctly and efficiently and solder a post onto an earring without the use of a third hand. The next job taught me the basics of mold making and cutting, which led me to my last job at a gold jewelry factory in Boston. I was their designer, production supervisor, and model- and mold-maker. Oh, and expert at making box catches, which were then individually handmade for each bracelet," she laughs.