Francine Grenci [email protected] Summary of Skills (908) 392-2316

I have 10 years of professional fine jewelry and academic art jewelry-making experience, in precious metals and alternative materials. A summary of my skills includes:

 Jewelry Repair/finishing  Wax carving and casting  Laser welding/laser engraving  Alternative jewelry materials (acrylic  Resin casting/cold enamel/vitreous and wood) enamel  Drafting & illustration  Stone setting  Painting & color theory  Silversmithing  Rhino, Adobe Suite, Microsoft Suite

Employment

Jeweler (Level II) 2010-present Tiffany & Co., Tiffany Service Center (TSC), East Elmhurst, NY I partner with lead jewelers on special projects, fulfill complex customer requests, and produce creative graphic design projects for the management team

Jewelers of America Bench Jeweler Certification Level I 2016 FDNY Certificate of Fitness (Torch Use for Jewelry, G-61) 2008-present TSC Activities & Innovation Committees 2011-2016 Team Captain 2014 T&Co. Global Fitness Challenge (1st Place Team) 2014

Jewelry Studio Monitor 2008-2010 Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York Studio and tool maintenance, aide to jewelry students, general studio oversight

Jeweler’s Assistant 2008-2010 Orion Jewelry Studio, Pennington, New Jersey Bench work, beadwork/pearl stringing, studio maintenance, customer service and sales

Education

Fashion Institute of Technology 2016 Rhino I-III

Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York 2010 Bachelor of Fine Arts, with Honors Major in Jewelry Design and Metalsmithing Minor in History of Art Thesis: “Scum! An Aesthetic Exploration of the Diatom” - I designed a botanical illustration/art jewelry collection that utilizes transparency, luminosity and kinetic movement to depict diatom algae Vice President, Co-Founder, Pratt Jewelry Club 2009-2010