George Holmes
Metal Fabrication & Design
I was born in Eastport, Maine, December 18, 1947. The second son of Phil and Gisela Holmes. My mother was the 1st German War Bride allowed to marry an Allied Solder After WWII.
After a period of meandering around and across America in the 60’s, I began a job with a retail jeweler - in Portland Maine. That job in 1970 - has come to be my career. For eight years I learned the nuts and bolts of a retailer. The sell and collect portion of the job.
It had no luster.
In 1978 I began a position in a smaller family jewelers in Waterville, Maine. The owners would allow me to do some gold work if I learned how I read how to do some basic ring sizing and repairs.
Something was still missing.
In 2001, I lost my family in a painful divorce. I had cancer and liver disease. Finally attempting suicide.
I lost Lee Gosline, my friend, to brain cancer. She had helped me begin to see myself in a new light.
I also met my current partners, Heidi Stevens and Freedom Hamlin who are both energetic and talented souls. They have inspired in me, to a second chance at a vocation I nearly threw away.
Every time I complete a piece I thank God.
He has given me a special gift.
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Our phone number
207.5944.552
Store Hours
Monday–Friday
9am to 5pm
Saturday
9am to 4pm