IN THE NEWS:
Family business works with hand crafted jewelry
By Brandon Choe
Feb. 5, 2014 10:04 a.m.
Muriel Chastanet Fine Jewelry has been open for almost 50 years and specializes in custom designs.
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Muriel Chastanet shapes a wax prototype of a jewelry piece with a crafting tool, as she has been doing for the past 50 years.
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Charlotte Chastanet looks over a display of jewelry.
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Muriel details the wax with her crafting tool.
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A white and black opal sit next to each other.
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Muriel Chastanet and her two daughters, Gizelle Stohkendl and Charlotte Chastanet, hand craft jewelry in their store in Westwood.
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Charlotte explains certain features on a custom brooch.
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Muriel looks up from her workstation.
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Corundum and diamond encrusted bracelets and rings adorn the cases of Muriel Chastanet's.
