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Ken Guten Cohen I Story Development Editor
A passion for
warm and lush
palettes helped
launch a jewelry-
design business.
48 December 15 . 2016
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W
alk into her
Farmington Hills
home and you
know this woman loves color
— warm, friendly, welcoming
color. Jacqueline Fox has taken
that sense of color and style
and channeled it into her one-
of-a-kind beaded bracelets and
necklaces.
First a librarian and then an
attorney — professions where she
wore mostly black, white and blue
— Fox admits she loves color.
"That's why it's fun to do color-
ful things with the jewelry to use
as accents. I make my jewelry for
everyday wear — like with a pair
of jeans just to feel a little more
dressed up. Some are just for fun
clothing and fun times:'
Though she loves crafts and
art, she says she doesn't consider
herself an artist.
"I started painting furniture
because it was fun: she says. "I
had a friend who showed me
techniques and then we did a few
pieces together. Then I started
doing some on my own:' One
example is her beautifully paint-
ed kitchen table.
Her beading took off in the
same way. "A friend, Nancy Gad-
Harf, was making jewelry and
I asked her to show me: Fox
says. "We started beading
together, and I just
kind of got hooked
on it."
Fox gravitates to
certain colors, like
purple and green.
She also has made
many pieces in a
coppery bead that
lends itself to oranges
and browns.
"But sometimes I'm
surprised: she says.
"Colors I'm not normally attract-
ed to in other things make lovely
pieces of jewelry."
Her pieces are intricate, and
she often accents them by using
iridescent beads as well as stones
and crystals from her travels,
especially to Israel. She says
some of the simpler patterns
actually take the most time
to complete.
She works on her
jewelry, varying pat-
terns here and there
to suit her own style,
at home while she
binge-watches
shows on BBC,
PBS, Netflix and
Amazon, or views
an online course.
Married to Frank
Hoffman and the
mother of three
grown children, Fox
facilitates a Torah study
class on Sunday morn-
ings at Temple Israel in West
Bloomfield, where she also is
active in Friends of the Library.
She calls her business the
Beads of Zorro (the Spanish word
for fox). She works to keep her
prices under $90, which allows
her to cover her cost and gives
her a little extra to buy more
materials. She has many pieces in
stock now, in time for Chanukah
gifts. And she can take orders for
jewelry in specific colors. *
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To reach Jacqueline Fox,
call (248) 310-4595 or
email jrzorro@att.net .