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Tracey Dooling "Colors! I am so intrigued by the play of light through glass." Tracey's interest in beads and handmade jewelry led her to work part time at one bead store while filling in at another while the owner was gone to shows and conventions. "That really got me going," says Tracey. "I learned a lot about jewelry and what customers are interested in that year." Mostly self taught, Tracey is interested in a myriad of techniques - she has done wire work, stringing, knotting, beadweaving (peyote and loom), and even took a weeklong workshop at the Appalachian Center to learn lampworking.  She is also learning to graph her own charts for beadweaving techniques on her computer. Currently Tracey has a few clients that order custom pieces. She also has jewelry available on consignment in two local stores and sells exclusive pieces outright to another. Tracey is currently developing her own web site as well. Tracey currently lives in an old farmhouse outside of Franklin with her husband Keith and their menagerie of animals. "I have worked many different jobs over the past twenty-two years, always learning what I could then becoming bored. This whole field of jewelry is HUGE, wide open. There is so much to learn and experiment with - wire, big beads, tiny beads...nothing has taken over my life like this! I think, sleep and (not quite) eat beads."