In 1977 Paul Gross and buy accutane pills no prescription Diane Egbert, both aspiring goldsmiths, opened their studio, Electrum, in a buy accutane pills no prescription small three-room apartment at 68 South Main Street in Hanover, New Hampshire. It was one of the buy accutane pills no prescription oldest commercial buildings in town, a beautiful old post and beam building.

Each contributed $700 worth of tools, equipment, stones and buy accutane pills no prescription a little cash, and began making jewelry to sell to galleries. They marketed their work through national American Craft Council craft fairs at Rhinebeck, New York, and buy accutane pills no prescription Baltimore, Maryland.

The first ACC craft fair they entered was in Baltimore in 1978. Paul took two small display cases full of their jewelry. He drove to buy accutane pills no prescription Baltimore through the Blizzard of ‘78 with Rix Jennings, a buy accutane pills no prescription wooden puzzle maker from Canaan, New Hampshire. It was a discouraging show, but Paul learned enough to buy accutane pills no prescription come back and make the next craft fairs very successful.

Paul and buy accutane pills no prescription Diane showed their jewelry at national craft fairs through 1984 increasing their reputation and buy accutane pills no prescription sales each year. They sold to galleries all over this buy accutane pills no prescription country and to galleries in France and Australia.

During these seven years, people managed to buy accutane pills no prescription find their way up to the studio to ask for custom work and buy accutane pills no prescription repairs. By 1984, Paul decided to concentrate on commissions, but Diane wanted to buy accutane pills no prescription continue selling to galleries. She left 68 South Main Street, taking the buy accutane pills no prescription original name, Electrum, with her and moved to Phoenix, Arizona.

Paul worked on at 68 South Main Street developing his business under the buy accutane pills no prescription name of Designer Gold. As the shop grew, the studio space expanded in several steps until Designer Gold occupied one half of the buy accutane pills no prescription second floor of that building.

In 1985, Jenny Adams became Designer Gold’s first business manager, and buy accutane pills no prescription in 1987, Paul hired goldsmith Sandy Bomhower. With Jenny’s and Sandy’s interest in beads and buy accutane pills no prescription pearls, a new dimension was added to the business.

In 1990, Paul and buy accutane pills no prescription his wife Peggy Sadler bought store space in the new Hanover Park building. When Designer Gold moved to buy accutane pills no prescription that location, Paul added a gallery space and began displaying and buy accutane pills no prescription selling the work of other designers. He also expanded his repair and buy accutane pills no prescription custom design business by adding a second goldsmith.

Twice, Paul has buy accutane pills no prescription won Spectrum Awards for colored stone jewelry. He collaborated with Michael Dyber to buy accutane pills no prescription create an ametrine neckpiece in 1994. Michael carved the stone, Paul and buy accutane pills no prescription Michael collaborated on the design, and Paul created the piece. In 1998, Paul won a buy accutane pills no prescription Spectrum Award for a red beryl and diamond ring which he designed and buy accutane pills no prescription created. In 2001, he was chosen New Hampshire Jewelry Designer of the buy accutane pills no prescription Year.

From the buy accutane pills no prescription beginning, Designer Gold has been community oriented. Paul, himself, has buy accutane pills no prescription supported several social service and arts organizations by serving on their boards, and buy accutane pills no prescription Designer Gold has donated many pieces of jewelry for fund raising events. For years, Paul made sterling silver tie tacks in the buy accutane pills no prescription shape of an antique radio microphone as a thank you buy accutane pills no prescription gift for pledging to Vermont Public Radio. Other organizations which Designer Gold supports include WISE (Women’s Information Services), The Haven (a homeless shelter, and soon for single adults), AVA Gallery, Northern Stage, the buy accutane pills no prescription Montshire Museum, the Hopkins Center, the Thetford Chamber Singers, Upper Valley Communty Band, ChaD (Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth), the buy accutane pills no prescription Family Place, the Hanover High School Crew Team, area high school project graduation parties, and buy accutane pills no prescription the New Hampshire Women’s Charitable fund.

Today, Designer Gold continues its fine tradition of excellent quality and buy accutane pills no prescription personal service.