The new eco: from alarms to jewelry, the retraining of an entrepreneur from Baillargues

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26/11/2022
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Replay of Tuesday, December 14, 2021

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During the first confinement, Dominique Kuppel, a resident of Baillargues (Hérault), chose to leave her position as an assistant in an alarm company to devote herself to her passion: the design of costume jewellery. A column in partnership with ToulÉco Montpellier.

Thanks to the first confinement, a resident of Baillargues (Hérault) took the plunge: she chose to resign from her position as assistant, in a company specializing in alarms, to set up her costume jewelery company, DDTK Créations. Interview with this entrepreneur.

Can you explain to us what happened during this first confinement?

The new eco: from alarms to jewelry , the retraining of an entrepreneur from Baillargues

I was stuck at home, like most French people. And it had already been a few years that I hadn't been well in the company in which I worked. So I was able to take the time to think. I realized that I felt good not going to work. Months have passed. And when the confinement ended, I was ready: I resigned without knowing exactly what I was going to do.

Many of us have passions alongside work. When do you realize that it's no longer just a passion?

I don't know... It happened very quickly. I believe the decision was made within a week, so my husband didn't understand what was going on. [Laughs] In fact, it all started from that day when I presented a bracelet that I had to a colleague at work. He said to me 'But you know, I know someone: she started like that, then she started selling them. It's been 5 years, she has several shops and it works very well. And this little sentence, it was like a revelation. Every evening, for two or three hours, I was on the Internet. How to create a company? How do people sell? So there!

So what jewelry do you make?

So, I make jewelry with natural stones and a lot right now with shells. I use them raw or I modify them, I shape them, I paint them, I varnish them or I add a material that pearls them, as if there were a layer of glass on top.

Was it complicated to get started when the health crisis was quite strong and the economic sector was a bit at a standstill?

I didn't take a completely disproportionate risk either, that is to say that I told myself that I still had a family to support. I still needed a little money, if it didn't work, and while waiting for the activity to be launched. So in parallel with this creation of jewelry, I found a part-time job as an administrative assistant in a union of liberal nurses.