ZHENGBING SHEN Opearl
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Zhengbing - or “Shen” how we all call him - joined our community in November 2013 and since then he is our only male member. Together with his wife, he makes beautiful and affordable pearl jewelry attracting many customers to his table at our markets. We were keen to hear his story becoming a successful jewelry maker and designer. What is your background and when and why did you decide to start your own small business? My hometown is one the largest cities where freshwater pearls are cultured, so I grew up learning about the whole farming process quite naturally. I never knew that many years later this background would become my destiny “diving into the pearl business” myself. From 2004 for about three years, I worked for a marketing company in Dubai. During this time, I got to know about the great history of pearl diving in Arabian Gulf. There, I met a friendly Qatari man and collaboration started introducing Chinese farmed pearls in Qatar and my pearl wholesale business set off. QatART handmade community
February 2015