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If you haven't visited the Dixon Gallery membership. Dixon members get a 10
and Gardens gift shop in a few years, you percent discount.
might not recognize the place. It's aglow Robertson has an M.A. in crafts from the
with beguiling jewelry ranging from University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where
inexpensive baubles to items intricately she studied metalsmithing, enameling,
handcrafted in precious metals. pottery, silk screening and weaving. She
When store manager and jewelry buyer also worked for many years in fine
Nancy Robertson took her post there jewelry at Marshall Fields in Chicago.
almost four years ago, the shop focused "The knowledge of how these jewelry items
on things such as Monet mugs and magnets are made has really helped me be more
and art prints that were not big sellers discerning in making quality choices,"
with local folks. she said. She and other sales people at
"My vision was that (we) could do a lot the store enjoy educating customers about
better if we focused on craft items such the pieces of jewelry.
as pottery, woven textiles, beaded purses Some seem to demand it. Cynthia Bloom's
and jewelry that would support craftsmen alluring dragonfly necklace, $186, for
and artists in their own right," she example, is a hand-painted glass button
said. Items still relate to the Dixon embellished with 14-karat gold, kiln
through their artistry and nature-related fired, and adorned with rare, antique,
themes or by reflecting current exhibits. 24-karat gold-lined, antique Czech glass
As she saw what sold, Robertson -- little beads and Swarovski crystals.
by little -- expanded jewelry lines until More whimsical are earrings and necklaces
she had tripled the merchandise. Jewelry by Ayala Bar pieced together from printed
is now their best-selling category. Shop fabrics, beads, stones and crystals.
sales have more than doubled. Some items are purely for fun: Stretch
"A lot of people look to us for jewelry bracelets of transparent disks in smoke
they haven't seen anywhere else that has and bronze are only $12 each but will
a high-end look without being super high wonderfully complement fall's trendiest
end," she said. color -- gray.
She purchased fine jewelry pieces that Eleanor Scott, a Memphian and former art
sell for $300 or $400, but also added director of the Memphis Jewish Community
fashion-forward items from $6 to $30. Center, said she and her daughter shop
Even those are usually handcrafted with often at the Dixon to find unusual gifts
considerable skill. for friends.
"It's a lot of fun to spend $10 on a "We've found fabulous stuff for Christmas
jewelry that everyone in the office gifts. We've bought a lot of amber
admires," she said. jewelry, all kinds of earring and
And shopping at the Dixon is relatively brooches." She said she could take things
guilt free because all profits support directly from the store to the recipient
the Memphis landmark, a private jewelry because items are attractively packaged
museum that depends on sponsors and in bags or boxes.




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