TRAFFIC COMING UP LATER ON THE
SHOULD HELP YOU THROUGH THE DAY.
ADAM: AND MAKING A STATEMENT
WITH A HOLIDAY GIFT COULD BE
SOMETHING THAT YOU CONVEY TO
YOUR LOVED ONES IF YOU SHOP
LOCALLY.
KRISTEN: YOU DON'T ONLY HAVE A
WAY TO GET THEM A UNIQUE GIFT
YOU BUT YOU ARE SUPPORTING A
SMALL BUSINESS IN THE PROCESS.
DAVID HAS DETAILS.
GOOD MORNING.
DAVID: GOOD MORNING.
ADAM, AND EVERYBODY AT HOME, SAY
IT WITH ME, RED EARTH SPIRIT.
THREE WORDS THAT WILL TELL YOU
WHERE WE ARE AT IN OLD TOWN THIS
MORNING.
GLORIA, THE OWNER IS WITH US.
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
GLORIA: GOOD.
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
DAVID: GREAT.
AS YOU HAVE TAKEN THE ARTS, YOU
HAVE TAKEN THE KNOWLEDGE OF JUST
THE APPRECIATION FOR SILVER AND
EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, YOU
INCORPORATED IT HERE.
WHAT HAS THIS BEEN LIKE FOR YOU?
GLORIA: IT HAS BEEN AN
INTERESTING JOURNEY.
I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN INTERESTED IN
SILVER SMITHING AND I HAD AN
OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN THE CRAFT
OVER 20 YEARS AGO.
I HATE WORKED WITH SOMEONE --
WORKED WITH SOMEONE FOR OVER
FOUR YEARS AND NOW HERE I AM.
DAVID: I HOPE YOU'RE LOOKING AT
THE VIDEO.
WHAT DO WE HAVE?
FROM TOP TO BOTTOM, THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT IS VERY COOL, IT
IS MADE BY HAND.
IN THE SHOP, IN-HOUSE.
GLORIA: CORRECT.
DAVID: HOW LONG FROM START TO
FINISH DO THEY TAKE?
GLORIA: GOOD QUESTION.
I HAVE A NUMBER OF THINGS GOING
AT THE SAME TIME, SO ANYWHERE
FROM AN HOUR TO THREE OR FOUR
DAYS.
DAVID: MY FAVORITE QUESTION,
WHEN I SEE THESE COME TO
FRUITION, I ALWAYS WANT TO PICK
THE MIGHT OF THE ARTIST AND ASK
WHERE YOU GET THE INSPIRATION
FROM.
GLORIA: I GET THE INSPIRATION
FROM, YOU KNOW, THAT IS A GOOD
QUESTION.
I DO NOT KNOW.
IT SORT OF SHOWS UP.
WHEN I AM IN THE CREATIVE SPACE,
YOU KNOW, I GET INSPIRED BY NEW
MEXICO, BY THE LAND, BY THE
PEOPLE.
AND I GET
INSPIRED BY MY
CUSTOMERS, PEOPLE WHO COME IN
AND APPRECIATE WHAT I DO, IT
INSPIRES ME TO KEEP CREATING.
IT JUST COMES.
DAVID: IT SMELLS REALLY GOOD IN
HERE.
IT IS LIKE THE SMELL OF LEATHER.
YOU INCORPORATE BOTH.
GLORIA: RIGHT.
ABSOLUTELY.
I HAVE USED LEATHER FOR 20 YEARS
OR MORE AND IT IS ONE OF THOSE,
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I SELL A
LOT OF.
THE COMBINATION OF THE STONE,
SILVER AND WHETHER.
DAVID: SO LIFE TOOK YOU AWAY TO
CANADA FOR SOME TIME.
GLORIA: FOR 20 YEARS.
I WAS ON THE WEST COAST OF
CANADA, THAT IS WHERE LEARNED
HOW TO SILVERSMITH AND I CAME
BACK IN 2013 AND I LANDED HERE
AND I SET UP SHOP.
DAVID: THAT IS REALLY COOL.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS
OFF-CAMERA.
THERE ARE SOME THINGS ABOUT OLD
TOWN, NEW MEXICO IN GENERAL, BUT
OLD TOWN HAS THE OLD KIND OF
FEELING, YOU COME INTO SANTA FE,
FROM THE NORTH, IS -- YOU THERE
IS SOMETHING ABOUT ITKNOW, --
KNOW, THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT
IT.
IT IS UNIQUE.
GLORIA: I LOVE IT.
YOU CAN FEEL IT.
THIS BUILDING ALONE WAS
USED FOR
EVERYTHING.
THE WHOLE PATIO, THE COMPOUND.
IT IS NOW A FAMILY UNIT AND YOU
CAN FEEL IT.
DAVID: FOR FOLKS WHO COME INTO
RED EARTH SPIRIT, THERE IS
EDUCATION ABOUT IT, THERE IS A
VERY COOL PICTURE ON THE WALL
TALKING ABOUT WHERE ALL THE
DIFFERENT TURQUOISE COMES FROM.
GLORIA: CORRECT.
I HAVE BEEN SOURCING IT FROM THE
SAME PLACE FOR 25 YEARS.
SO I HAVE A REALLY GOOD
CONNECTION, AND OFTEN I GET
STUFF NOBODY ELSE CAN HAVE
ACCESS TO, BECAUSE I AM FIRST ON
THEIR LIST.
I HAVE SOLD STONES.
PEOPLE DO CUSTOM WORK.
WE DO CASTING, THAT KIND OF
THING.
AND SO I HAVE A FRIEND KIRBY WHO
WORKS FOR ME AND HELPS ME TO DO
THAT PART.
IT IS GREAT.
ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN.
DAVID: THE POSSIBILITIES ARE
ENDLESS.
SO THEY WERE CREATED RIGHT HERE
BY THESE TWO HANDS.
AND YOU CAN SEE
THIS, PEOPLE CAN
COME IN AND SEE YOU WORK.
GLORIA: YES.
OFTEN.
DAVID: THAT IS ANOTHER COOL PART
ABOUT IT.
WHEN YOU COME TO A LOCAL SHIP, -
-
SHOP, YOU GET TO MEET THE
PERSON FIRST HAND AND LOOK ALL
THE MATERIALS.
A WONDERFUL IDEA THAT MAYBE YOU
CAN DO FOR YOURSELF OR SOMEBODY
ELSE, OR COME IN TO LEARN ABOUT
THE CRAFT OF SULFUROUS MISSING
AND INCORPORATE -- OF SILVER
SMITHING AND INCORPORATED THAT.
WE WILL SHOW YOU MORE IN THE
NEXT HOUR.
IN THE MEANTIME I WILL BE PERU'S
A AROUND AND -- PERUSING
AND I
THINK A WHAT CHECK OUT THAT MAP.
LOOKS REALLY COOL.
ADAM: ART AND EDUCATION.
DAVID: DID I FADE AWAY?
ADAM: YOU DID.
DAVID: A TRASH TRUCK DROVE BY
AND INTERRUPT THEM I SAID NO.
-- AND INTERRUPTED MY SIGNAL.