CATX

The dream was always to work with the hands — to learn the art of crafting jewelry, a trade that builds something lasting without breaking the body doing it. The jewelry industry felt like the right fit. Precise, creative, and timeless.

Most jewelry professionals begin their careers in sales. It is the engine of the industry — and a skill worth mastering. Yet confidence is not something everyone is gifted with, especially in the occupation of sales.

By chance, an advertisement online led to Greg.

An Italian-American craftsman in his 80s from Woodhaven, Queens — still making jewelry by hand the way he always had, but no longer able to get out and sell it himself. He had a life's work worth sharing and no one to share it with.

A first meeting with him changed everything.

The service road off the Long Island Expressway became the classroom. Meeting passersby on their way home, to work, the gym, an appointment — whoever crossed the path. Learning to connect, to communicate — on my own terms, with no script and no solid deadline.

Greg receives two thirds of every sale. The rest is mine, as agreed upon in the neighborhood cafe. His craft, my hustle. A partnership built on respect.

The name CATX — pronounced "Cakes" — carries meaning beyond the letters. CA for California, where the dream of jewelry school calls. TX for Texas, where military training made stepping out of the comfort zone not just possible — but necessary.

Every piece you see here was made by Greg's hands. Every sale keeps his legacy alive.

Welcome to CATX. We're just getting started.

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