About Us

Goldworks was founded in 1978, a dream that became a reality for jeweler and goldsmith Theresa Parsons.  Throughout her 47 years in business she has worked with thousands of clients to design, repair and rework their most precious jewels.  Upon launching her first shop at the corner of Holly and Laskin Roads in Virginia Beach, she also participated in many local and regional art shows, taking many awards and recognitions.  In the early 80's she received an interesting commission to build a crown for King Neptune from sterling silver and various gemstones.   It was a months long project, and is still used every year during the city's Neptune Festival.

The years that followed were enriched by her loyal clients and their interesting requests.  When a change was needed at the end of the 80's, Parsons went to working by appointment from a private studio, to re-emerge into a new shop a few years later.  Now, three more shops have opened and  closed, and she is enjoying working once again in a private studio, and meeting clients  by appointment at Beach Gallery on Laskin Road.

Parsons is still enjoying creating and executing one of a kind commissions, still learning new skills, and honing her old ones.  Her special love is redesigning and repurposing older pieces into something unique and new for a new generation of jewelry wearers and lovers.