It was at a goldsmithing class in 2003 that Silvia Furmanovich knew for sure that her future lay in fine gems. As she viewed a hunk of gold softening over a fire, “somewhere inside, I realized it was the path forward for me,” said the Brazilian gem specialist, who until the point that that point had her very own outfit adornments and fragrant healing organizations. Seeing the valuable metal change before her eyes brought back moment recollections of her dad, who was a goldsmith with his own adornments atelier at home in São Paulo, Brazil, when Ms. Furmanovich was growing up. (He passed on when she was 17.) “He was an enormous person with huge hands, however I recall him chipping away at little pieces with such aptitude,” said the 61-year-old architect in an ongoing phone meet from her São Paulo home.
