A
Tahitian Pearl
in Southern
Vermont
Story by Craig Light
Photography by David Barnum
J
udi McCormick Jewelry is owned,
operated, produced, and sold—all by
Judi—directly from her beautiful
home in Manchester, Vermont. As you
pull through the entrance to the driveway,
a small sign on the right reads, “Drive
slow. Fast pup,” and Vermont’s Green
Mountains can be seen peeking up from
behind the house. This is where Judi is
inspired to create earrings, necklaces,
rings, bracelets, cuffs, and more—mostly
made of pearl.
Judi was always naturally drawn to pearls,
although she wasn’t always a jeweler. She
received her college degree in photogra-
phy and started her career in Steamboat
Springs, Colorado as a photographer.
There, Judi noticed an opportunity; the ski
industry was picking up pace, but the
fashion aspect of the ski industry was
lagging behind. She started a new com-
pany, Deep Powder Designs, which
produced knitted winter hats featuring
animal designs. This step into the fash-
ion world catapulted her career. Having
been impressed with Judi’s designs, a
Vermont-based winter clothing designer
asked Judi to return to the East Coast to
work for them and to design the women’s
outerwear line for their apparel company,
based in Bennington, Vermont. Judi not
only created the requested ski apparel line,
she also developed a line of designer
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