Artist Statement


	ARTIST STATEMENT

For more information, please refer to www.nrgjewelry.com, or contact Raymond at : P.O.Box 40364 Tucson, AZ 85717 (520) 390-5667	RAYMOND BROWN Business: Novel Resources Gems Raymond graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology: 1989, AAS in Jewelry Design He has worked for Michael Bondanza, in New York, and Jane Bohan, in 1989-1990 Raymond studied and taught Numerology for over a quarter of a century. He delivers talks and provides personal coaching in the subject as well. He returned to jewelry design as a way of bringing back to life some of the esoteric knowledge that has been overlooked in these modern times. Throughout history and legend, people from all cultures and continents have used gems and crystal in jewelry to enhance their spiritual and healing powers. The idea persists that gemstones affect a person’s mental, spiritual, emotional and physical health, from sources as diverse as astrology, New Age writings, the Bible, and the writings of Hildegard of Bingen–a well known 12th century nun and mystic in healing and naturopathic medicine arts. Rumors or beliefs are often clouded in superstition, but rooted in truth. The jewelry Raymond makes is designed to develop the full potential of the healing benefits of gems and minerals. Knowledge that he has gained over the years through the study of numerology, naturopathic medicine, and personal experience helps him design pieces that harmonize the stones, the metals, and the shapes of the jewelry into holistic engines of healing and well being, using the gemstone energy to bring out their life force.
Raymond Brown has been making jewelry for 30 years. He is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of jewelry design from Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, and he worked for Michael Bondanza and other designers after graduation. He currently resides in Tucson, AZ He has been interested in esoteric knowledge since he was a teenager living on Long Island in New York. He has studied Numerology extensively, and has given lectures, taught classes and given private instruction on the subject. He has recently been able to combine his interest in jewelry and esoteric wisdom by an acquaintance with a gifted healer whose intuitive perception of the unique energy in stones, metals, specific designs, shapes, symbols etc has allowed him to make jewelry that heals and transforms peoples spiritual, mental, emotional and physical lives in a way that is highly personal to each individual.