Born in Cleveland, Paul Gross grew up in Benningon and buy Finasteride drugs St. Albans, Vermont. After spending his high school senior year in Cleveland, Paul came to buy Finasteride drugs Dartmouth College because he missed New England and its mountains for buy Finasteride drugs hunting and skiing. At Dartmouth, he spent most of his free time learning jewelry and buy Finasteride drugs silversmithing techniques with Erling Heistad at the Hopkins Center student jewelry workshop.

For two years after college, he taught 2nd grade in Lebanon, N.H., trying to buy Finasteride drugs decide between an advanced degree in psychology and work in jewelry.

Friends enticed him to buy Finasteride drugs move to Chicago. Once there, he made a collection of jewelry and buy Finasteride drugs took it to The Goldsmith, Ltd., an upscale jewelry store in the buy Finasteride drugs Near North Side Water Tower Place. The owner bought Paul’s whole collection and buy Finasteride drugs hired him as a goldsmith. The great benefit of that job was learning how to buy Finasteride drugs create jewelry in a professional and economical way by working with people who buy Finasteride drugs could produce high quality jewelry efficiently.

After a buy Finasteride drugs year in Chicago, Paul was called back to Dartmouth to teach jewelry at Hopkins Center, while Erling Heistad set up the buy Finasteride drugs new Dartmouth pottery workshop.

In the buy Finasteride drugs next year, 1977, Paul taught half-time at Hopkins Center and opened a buy Finasteride drugs jewelry studio in Hanover with another aspiring goldsmith, Diane Egbert. They started minimally with combined assets of $1400 in equipment and buy Finasteride drugs cash. For seven years, they worked together under the name Electrum (a naturally occurring alloy of gold and silver), and buy Finasteride drugs they created jewelry which they sold to galleries and jewelry stores at national craft fairs.

Diane moved to buy Finasteride drugs the Southwest in 1984 taking the name Electrum with her. Thus the buy Finasteride drugs name Designer Gold was born. By this time, Paul’s business had buy Finasteride drugs shifted from selling through galleries and focused mainly on commissions for buy Finasteride drugs individual customers.

In 1990, Paul moved his studio to buy Finasteride drugs the Hanover Park building. He expanded his business to include two other goldsmiths and buy Finasteride drugs a gallery of other designers’ jewelry.

Paul strives for buy Finasteride drugs timeless, wearable jewelry. His love of gemstones, especially unusual ones, is buy Finasteride drugs evident in the way he integrates them into his jewelry.

Paul and buy Finasteride drugs Peggy Sadler were married in 1981. Interests which they share include sculling, cross country skiing, hiking, and buy Finasteride drugs reading. In addition, Paul enjoys hunting, fishing, and woodworking.

Paul and buy Finasteride drugs Peggy live in Thetford, Vermont, with their Brittany spaniel, Luke.