Joanna Parsons-Borovec sells her handmade jewelry _ bracelets are unique, affordable and fun to wear. The

at the Terrace Farmers' market. Her necklaces and market will be open until the end of October.

Jewelry maker fancies market

‘AT THE: MARKET
LYNNE CHRISTIANSEN

JOANNA PARSONS-

BOROVEC was born in En- |

gland. She grew up in a tiny
place called Newburugh
Village.

Who would have known
that this English country girl
would end up a Canadian
citizen living in Terrace and
making her own jewelry?

Joanna grew up in the
countryside and she enjoyed
the small town lifestyle. She
was surrounded by cows,
sheep and farmess.

Her small village had
three shops. She said a li-
brary bus would pick people
up and drop them off in

“where

Joanna said ber family
moved around a lot because
of her father. He was a me-
chanical engineer, so the

family moved whenever he:

would start a new job.

Her father’s last move
brought them to Kitimat in
1982, when Joanna was in
her teens.

She was not happy to
leave England and found the
move incredible difficult.
She missed her friends and
the lifestyle she was ac-
customed to.

Joanna moved to Terrace
in 1983. She said the Farm-
ers’ Market was one of the
things that attracted ker to
move here,

Fifteen years later, Joanna
now loves Canada and is
proud ito be a Canadian
citizen.

At the same time, England
remains a very special place
to her.

Joanna returned home to
England in 1984 to attend
school for three years.

“She ended up completing
her schooling “in France
she received her
Bachelor of Arts honors de-
gree in English and French

Joanna has been very in-
volved with literacy pro-
grams throughout her life.

She teaches English,
French and Spanish. She
said working with refugees
and immigrants. is very
rewarding. She once taught
English to Buddhist nuns at
a monastery in Vancouver.

Joanna also has a wide in-
terest in music, art and
dance, She took ballet les-
sons as a child, but wasn’t
encouraged to continue,
which may have been just as
well since she grew to be
six-foot-one!

Other than ballet, she’s
tried other expressions of
dance including everything
from Scottish dancing to
clog dancing.

Joanna also enjoys sing-
ing. She sang in choirs as a
child and she once held a
fob singing in a cafe.

Joanna’s artistic flare, and
her eye for colour, led her to
design her own jewelry.

She started making her
own necklaces and bracelets

- while in France. It was there
where' she made three rules
for herself when creating
her own pieces, Rule one,
her jewelry must be

to make and fun to wear.

And three, her jewelry
should be affordable.
Joanna's necklaces are of
great quality and very
durable — she uses 60
pound fishing line.

People often ask ber

where her unique materials
come from. The truth is, her
pieces come from all over
the world.

Her friends and family are
always keeping an eye out
for interesting things that
she can incorporate into her
designs.

Children are pleasantly
Surprises when they ask her
how much her shells cost
because they’re free,

Joanna enjoys working at
the market and secing the
reaction and response to her
work.

She also likes the atmo-
aphere and they way market
people help each other out.

Joanna got married last
year to Richard Borovec
(from Czechoslovakia).
Richard and Joanna met at
Northwest Community Col-
lege. Joanna’s parents still
live in Kitimat. They plan to
retire next year and move to
Victoria.

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