Interview with Eric Windeck, pearl carver extraordinaire

[Pearl Dreams]

This is an interview with P-G's own ericw.

It posted on Pearl Information Association website Dec. 1st but I only found it now.

https://pearlinformationassociation.com/interview-eric-windeck/

 

[Pareltje]

Wow, congratulations eric! Interesting interview.

 

[BWeaves]

What a wonderful article, and the photos look great. Congratulations Eric.

 

[ericw]

Thank you Pearl Dreams, Pearl Information Association too, for this well done article, thank's a lot everybody! Just I must tell you that I was younger, on the photos. At the present, time, I stay near the fireplace which have replaced amazonian sun, but not my old joints... Luckily, hands still work well, it's the most important!

 

[BWeaves]

We were all younger, Eric. I'm still younger in my head. My reflection in the mirror is a lie.

 

[ericw]

BWeaves, I don't take care myself to my reflexion since a long time (it was not the first of the concerns, in the rainforest, or spending six years on my sailboat, after!), and for the rest, I feel to be younger in my head than many people younger by age, around me. Only it would be difficult to have so a adventurous life now, because it's requesting physical strength I have lost. Anyway, I had a good life, with many great experiences, and I fully intend to continue along this line.

 

[Jenny]

Interesting! Congratulations Ericw

 

[ericw]

Thank you Jenny, happy you have made a pleasant tour.
May I report you that there's no active link in your signature, if someone like me would want to visit your pages

 

[pattye]

Thank you, PIA and Eric for the fascinating article! Glad you're part of this forum, Eric. Like you, I'm glad the hands are still working!

 

[ericw]

Thank you Patricia. I suspect your hands still work well, too

 

[pattye]

Yes, Eric, very very thankful my hands and fingers are still working!

 

[BWeaves]

Eric, I wish I could see your pearls in person. I keep drooling over your Etsy shop.

 

[Katbran]

Congrats Eric - great article . Sounds like you’ve had a life full of adventure and have wonderful memories. Now you are on a new adventure with your pearl carving...just a bit less strenuous!

 

[ericw]

Yes Katbran, less strenuous is right: such a life (and I have not talked about the rest) is really tiring: it's the price of intensity. But as long as I'll keep my head, my eyes, the same fingers than Pattye's, and above all, the heart to love beauty, I"ll work. It's my travelling map.
BWeaves, I should also want you see my pearls in true, they are so much difficult to shoot! I have made my own site, you can see the link in my signature (it's not finished to build), but there are still and always photos. I have felt that Etsy was not the right place to show an artwork, which is never valued by the number of sold supplies, as usual on Etsy, but valued by a special relationship between the artist, pieces of art and their enthusiasts. I think also that my carved pearls should not be seen as pearls, only: in fact, I have made with pearls other subjects, with their own particular aesthetic.

 

[Red]

Eric, I wish I could see your pearls in person. I keep drooling over your Etsy shop.

Oh, BWeaves, just let your fingers slip on the order key. Then you can see one in person!