Richardson | August 2022

BUSINESS FEATURE

BY KAREN CHANEY

“I’M PRETTY ARTISTIC; I HAVE TO HAVE THAT OUTLET; IF I WASN’T DOING THIS, I’D PROBABLY BE PAINTING OR SOMETHING ELSE CREATIVE.” DARRYN HUFFMAN, OWNER

Human Jewelry’s custom-made engagement rings are popular.

Human uses a variety of metals and gemstones for his nished pieces.

Human Jewelry 129 N. Plano Road, Richardson 972-235-2871 www.humanjewelrytexas.com Hours: Tue.-Wed., Fri. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Thu. 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; closed Sun.-Mon. The ring is formed through series of steps that include heating, cooling and centrifugal casting. Human cleans, polishes and sets stones in the ring. HOW CUSTOM HUFFMAN JEWELRY IS MADE Customer brings ideas and/or items to be used in the ring. Design is created by hand and with a computer. Human carves wax model of the ring for the customer to try on. He then creates a rough casting of the nished product.

In 2018, Darryn Human bought Wineld’s Jewelry and changed the name to Human Jewelry. (Photos by Karen Chaney/Community Impact Newspaper)

Human cleans and polishes a ring and sets the stones.

Human Jewelry Multifaceted store specializes in custom items E very day, on his walk to and from school as a child, Dar- ryn Human said he passed jewelry. Human strengthened his skills by attending the Gemological Institute of America in California where he graduated with a jewelry arts degree in 1985.

making hat pins for dog trainers, custom belly button rings and more. During the fall, Human said a lot of his time is spent working behind the counter helping customers, but in the summer, he will mostly be found at his in-store workbench designing and making jewelry to replenish inventory. He made the most of the pieces on display including items featuring platinum, turquoise, malachite and more. Human said his favorite thing about owning this business is making jewelry. “I like making stu people will have long after I’m gone,” Human said. “I tend to make things that are substantial, well-made and I know will last.”

a mom-and-pop jewelry shop. “The sun was always shining in it when I walked past after school and the display … captured my interest,” Human said. Intrigued, he soon began engaging the business owners in conversation. “After a while [the business owner] said, ‘You’re in here so much I need to give you a job because you’re taking up too much of my time otherwise,’” Human said. The shop’s owner, Tony Rehan, became his jewelry arts mentor, teaching Human skills such as carving wax models used in making

Human has been in the jewelry business since then and in 1995, he began a working relationship with Jack and Sharon Wineld, owners of Wineld’s Jewelry. When the couple retired in 2018, Human bought the Richardson business and renamed it Human Jewelry. Human said he often has couples looking for engagement rings, or people who have inherited jewelry which they would like repurposed. However, he said he has received requests such as turning gun shell casings into rings,

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