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Millhollin is shown above and to the right creating sterling silver jewelry in his workshop at his
home. The director of Research Park began making jewelry as a hobby, but now he also sells
some through his company Country Sterling. Millhollin said working with silver allows him to
experiment freely with design. "I am limited only by my imagination," he said. "I never have to
make the same thing twice."
Research Park Director John Millhollon
makes a hobby of crafting silver jewelry
By Karen Janes
The Battalion
Research Park Director John
Millhollon cannot be found playing
golf or sitting in front of the televi
sion on Saturday afternoons. That is
because his leisure activities consist
of designing and hand-making ster
ling silver jewelry.
Millhollon, who has worked at
Research Park since 1985, discov
ered silver-making as a hobby six
years ago in Santa Fe, N.M.
“My wife and I were on vaca
tion visiting her brother,” he said.
“He was taking a class in silver
making and showed me around
his workshop. When I got home, I
bought some hand tools and start
ed experimenting.”
For two years, Millhollon made
silver jewelry as gifts for his wife and
family friends. As the demand for
his handiwork increased, he began
selling his pieces and making a
profit. He then founded his compa
ny, Country Sterling.
Millhollon said he learned his
craft mostly from self-instruction
and experimentation.
“Whenever I have a new idea, I go
ahead and try it,” he said. “If I don’t
like it or it doesn’t work out, I just
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press on and try something else.”
He uses everything from red
brass to spoon handles and black
onyx stones to accent his jewelry.
Earrings, pins, rings and bracelets
are among his primary products, al
though he makes items such as
money clips and key chains, too.
Millhollon said he is always hap
py to fill his customers’ special re
quests. He will make a piece exact
ly as a customer wants it, as long as
it is within his capabilities.
Some of the patterns that Mill
hollon uses come from books and
magazines, though most of his
styles are original creations.
“I am limited only by my imagi
nation,” he said. “I never have to
make the same thing twice.”
“The watches that I make used to
be my favorite, but now I am always
thinking that my next creation, the
new idea that I want to try will be
my favorite one yet,” he said.
What makes Millhollon’s jewelry
unique is that it is all handmade. His
pieces are not stamped out, like
manufactured sterling silver jewel
ry. No two pieces of his work are ex
actly the same.
Samples of his jewelry are on dis
play and for sale at his son and
daughter-in-law’s College Station
nail salon, “Exclusively Nails.” Most
of the orders that he receives are
from the Brazos Valley, though he
has customers state and nationwide.
“I participate in about six to
eight craft shows and fairs annual
ly,” he said. “I meet other silver
makers at the shows and pick up
new customers.”
Although the business is grow
ing, Millhollon said he does not
plan to let it get so big that he can
not keep up. He said it is only a hob
by, and limits his time in the work
shop to Saturday afternoons and
two evenings a week. However, af
ter Millhollon retires, he plans to
keep making jewelry and to spend
more time with his craft.
“Right now, I am limited by time
and money,” he said. “In the future
I would like to do some engraving
and maybe even work with gold.”
Millhollon said his favorite part
of making jewelry is the satisfac
tion he feels when someone likes
the finished product. His biggest
customer, his wife, is also his
biggest fan.
“I love it when I bring some
thing to my wife that I just fin
ished, and she tells me that she
loves it,” Millhollon said. “That’s a
nice feeling.”
Amy Dunlap, The Battalion
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