William Travis - Survivor, Designer, Warrior - a podcast by Parle Jewelry Designs Jonathan and Brecken Farnsworth.

Part III of the interview series from the Tucson AGTA Gem Fair. Jonathan and Brecken interview fellow designer William Travis Kukovich. Transforming his life from a traumatic childhood to becoming a recipient of 17 AGTA Spectrum Awards.

00:00:00 How the podcast started?
00:48:00 Introducing William Travis Kukovich
01:26:80 Want to see the scar?
01:56:00 So you were 4 years old. What happened?
04:44:00 You said your brain rewired itself.
05:28:00 I can sculpt anything
06:11:50 I don’t write, I draw words
06:34:20 5th generation metalsmith
09:05:00 Take us through your story
10:40:70 So after school, did you open up a store immediately?
13:32:30 At 26, Breast Cancer
18:39:50 Warrior rings
21:04:80 My kids
24:51:50 To live like you were dying
26:05:00 What inspired your first Spectrum Award piece?
27:47:00 First memory of jewelry/gemstone
29:56:00 Favorite Gemstone
30:29:00 Where does the inspiration come from when you’re
creating Spectrum pieces
32:04:00 What comes first? Designer? Gemstone?
32:47:00 What makes a great designer?
34:23:50 Where are you now?
37:02.20 Where is this journey going to take you next?
39:45:50 Saying “YES”

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