Gary Bayless:  

VOCATIONAL EXPERIENCE The Gold Crucible, Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA Five year apprenticeship, ‘Old World’ education in jewelry design, manufacturing. The Jewel Box, Santa Rosa, CA Designing jeweler Larry Williams Jeweler, Santa Rosa, CA Designing jeweler A Study in Gold, Santa Rosa, CA Owner, manager, designer and manufacturer of fine jewelry Everyday total control and operation of retail fine jewelry establishment Extensive, loyal customer base 20 years ER Sawyer Jewelers, Santa Rosa, CA Responsible for all design, manufacturing and repair of jewelry in two-store operation Oversaw/Managed store shop employees Instigated the purchase/installation and use of the laser welding machine for jewelry use The Racers Group, Petaluma, CA Promotion and Sales David's Jewelers, St. Helena, CA Design and manufacture fine jewelry Gold Bloom jewelers in Healdsburg, CA Design and manufacture fine jewelry Benziger Family Estate Vineyard Educator leading tours and education of fine wine making Sunday, Monday and Tuesday EDUCATION Pleasant Hill High School, CA United States Navy 1967-1970 Active Duty, DaNang, Vietnam 1968-1969 3rd Class Storekeeper Cabrillo College, Aptos CA -Art Major Apprenticeship, The Gold Crucible, Carmel, CA Ron Hentges -Master Jeweler Gemological Institute of America -Diamond and Colored Stones Expert Santa Rosa Junior College -Organic farming, viticulture and winemaking 1975 OTHER JEWELRY INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE Instructor, Revere Jewelry Academy, San Francisco CA Apprenticeship Instructor for 19 bench jewelers, 1978 - Present Junior College Teaching Credential -Applied Arts in California Proctor for Jewelers of America Bench Jewelers’ Testing Program AD-VOCATIONAL ACTIVITIES Married 41 years and raised 4 sons in a log home I built in Santa Rosa, CA 37 years ago. From 1998-2006 I have worked at the Concours d"Elegance, Pebble Beach, California 1) as a field worker, setting cars in the AM 2) informing participants, at day's end, the winning results and assisting the win...Expand for more