I agree wholeheartedly with the website: "Matthew's amazing artistic skills and passionate…read morepersonality allow him to not only create beautiful one-of-a-kind pieces of jewelry for his clients, but give them an experience they will never forget."
Something extraordinary happened on the first day of our anniversary trip to Shelburne, VT. We stopped at Matthew Taylor's jewelry shop, which also was the house where my wife's grandmother lived many years ago.
It was open so we were able to go inside. She showed me where they would have Easter dinner, and told me her grandmother loved jewelry, and had given her some. She brought some pieces with her on the trip. She and Matthew talked about the house and town. He was friendly and gracious.
I then took my wedding ring out of my pocket; it was in a little box instead of on my hand as it was in pieces due to a failed attempt to resize it by another jeweler. It's a "tricky infinity ring," with a number of garnets. Before we came in, as the sign said, "repairs," I took my ring out of my bag and put it in my pocket, just in case he could fix it. My wife wanted to see it on my hand.
A lengthy discussion ensued, during which I assured him that it was worth the risk and I was willing to take it, and he finally agreed to try the first step, to join the ends, after describing various methods. It worked. Amazingly easily, to me. Then the next step, lasering it closed. Then he put a couple stones back in. That left one still be to replaced, which had previously broken in the failed attempt. So he had us look through a tray of stones he had, and we searched for a pink stone to match the pink stones in Denise's bands. He found one and said, "this wants to pop right in." And it did. It seemed effortless, which often is when a master craftsman works.
So, in the house of my wide's grandmother, who loved jewelry, and gave her jewelry she wears to this day, this kind and skilled artisan took the time and fixed my wedding band, on the day of our 15th wedding anniversary, and now the ring is whole, and changed, with a connection to her rings, and more meaningful than before.
Just like marriage should be.
Synchronicity.
Peace.
