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| Reading Eagle: Richard J. Patrick Holly B. Gage, owner of When Peace Talks Jewelry in Bowmansville, Lancaster County, donates a percentage of her sales to the international Adopt-A-Minefield program Reading Eagle Newspaper, Business Section, Page D8, January 9, 2006 PEACEMAKER From ancient amulets and religious medallions to birthstones and mood rings, jewelry often has had a special meaning. Artist Holly B. Gage, owner of When Peace Talks Jewelry, Bowmansville, Lancaster County, understands this connection. When Peace Talks has a mission that is about more than a product. Gage donates a percentage of her sales to the international Adopt-A-Minefield program, which was founded in 1999 and works to clear the globe of land mines. Gage also works with other charities to help them raise money for peaceful causes. Gage said her desire to have her work contribute to making positive changes started a few years ago when she and her husband, Chris, were publishing Parents’ Source, a monthly regional parenting magazine they founded in 1994. The Gages sold the magazine last year. Holly, who has been creating jewelry for more than 20 years and teaching jewelry making since 2004, began When Peace Talks out of her home, two miles over the Berks-Lancaster county line. Instead she chose a triad of dots inside a ring that symbolizes peace: the past, present and future encircled by eternity. “It also represents the preservation and respect of art, science and religion within different races and cultures,” Gage said. Gage creates other types of jewelry as well, but has made When Peace Talks separate from her other business, Gage Designs, to preserve its socially conscious mission. When Peace Talks Jewelry Contact correspondent Michelle E. Arevalo at 610-371-5049 or business@readingeagle.com. |
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| Fire Mountain Gems and Beads Contest 2007 January 18, 2008 Silver Prize Winner in the Art Clay category "Nature's Renewal" 16"necklace, 87 mm x 34 mm hand sculpted Fine Silver focal, (5) 4 mm white cubic zirconia, freshwater pearls, hand sculpted clasp |
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5th Annual Bead Arts Award 2007
Holly Gage Second Place in the Mixed Media Category for Sea Urchin 45 mm x 20 mm, Fine Silver hollow focal with (6) 4 mm Alexantrites and crystalline rainbow titanium. This year the esteemed judges were jewerlry artist and author Valerie Hector, glass and fiber artist Gail Crosman Moore, and designer and author Margie Deeb. We're so grateful for their time and expertise in selecting this year's winners. It was a challenging task to choose from among so many wonderful works of art, but clearly several pieces stood out as particularly outstanding in their craft, design and application of the materials. Congratulations to the winners on your achievement! |
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Beads 2008 Top Picks Beadworks Magazine, July 2008 Editors of Beadworks Magazine, a publication by Interweave Press, chose the best beads and findings available on the market. Presented in themed groups, the editors picked their favorites and gave consumers bead-buying and design advice . Eight silver components and focal pieces were chosen from the Gage Designs Collection by Holly Gage Focal Centerpieces: |
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October 20, 2005
Dear Chris and Holly, I am very pleased to inform you The Peace Pendant from Gage Designs has been named a 2005 Narcissus Award Finalist by New Age Retailer magazine, the premier trade magazine serving the New Age and body/mind/spirit marketplace. |
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| The Narcissus Awards: The Best in Body, Mind, and Spirit debuted last year. In 2005, more than 4,500 products were submitted for review consideration in our pages, and more than 500 products were selected for review by our independent reviewers. Out of these hundreds and thousands, the editors of New Age Retailer have selected 30 Narcissus Award finalists - the best products the New Age has to offer. The three category winners will be announced in the New Year issue and not released to anyone beforehand. To describe the process: Our selection criteria focused solely on the published reviews by our independent reviewers. Ten finalists were selected in each of three categories: books, giftware, and music. Unlike other award programs in our marketplace, Narcissus Award nominees pay no fee for consideration. In fact, all products reviewed in a given year are eligible for the awards. Of course, our independent review-consideration process continues to be free for wholesalers. We believe producers of great body/mind/spirit products deserve honest, dignified recognition, and we hope the Narcissus Awards serve to support and promote the specific products honored, the authors, artists, and companies that created them, and the New Age industry as a whole. Congratulations, again, on being named a 2005 Narcissus Award Finalist, and thank you for your fine contributions to our marketplace. Sincerely, Ray Ray Hemachandra, editor in chief New Age Retailer magazine 2183 Alpine Way Bellingham, WA 98226 http://www.newageretailer.com Press Releases |
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Socially Conscious Jewelry: Look Good, Whoever thought a jewelry purchase would have so much impact? With their announcement of a new partnership, When Peace Talks© Jewelry, and Adopt-A-Minefield® are empowering consumers to help clear war-torn areas of deadly landmines. When you purchase any item from the special When Peace Talks© Jewelry/Adopt-A-Minefield® Store located at http://www.whenpeacetalks.com/fund/aam.html, Gage Designs, manufacturers of this unique jewelry line, will donate 10% of your jewelry purchase to support Adopt-A-Minefield®. What better partnership |
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than Gage Designs and Adopt-A-Minefield® to offer socially conscious purchasers the opportunity to do even greater good with a portion of the sale of each item going towards the clearance of minefields in countries around the world and assistance to survivors of landmine accidents. Adopt-A-Minefield® is a campaign of the United Nations Association of the USA, which engages individuals, community groups, and businesses in the United Nations effort to resolve the global landmine crisis. The campaign helps save lives by raising funds for mine clearance and survivor assistance and by raising awareness about the landmine problem. Every dollar raised for mine action is forwarded to the United Nations and their partners in the field for mine clearance and survivor assistance. A school re-opens, a crop is harvested, a family returns home all because a minefield was cleared. When Peace Talks© Jewelry was developed as a personal expression of hope and peace for all people around the world. “We discovered that those with whom we have shared this symbol were uplifted and further motivated by its deep meaning and now people have the ability to make a profound statement, not only when they wear their When Peace Talks© Jewelry, but also in the mere act of buying When Peace Talks© Jewelry. We see the immediacy of spreading the ideals of peace and love, and using our jewelry to support peaceful efforts like those of Adopt-A-Minefield®. This is our way of spreading the positive message of peace in our homes, neighborhoods, schools, and around the world,” says owners Chris and Holly Gage. If peace could talk, what would it sound like? Its voice would be rich with meaning, speaking a universal language that transcends the borders and boundaries of countries and nationalities, bringing together different faiths and races. When peace talks, it speaks of love, equality, the preservation of and respect for art, science, and religion within different cultures, and world unity passed on to future generations. This is the calming message Chris and Holly Gage would like to spread around the globe.
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