Niche of Time Jewelry was founded in 1948 by Edward Segrist, he opened what would be Niche of Time Jewelry in 1948, as Segrist’s Jewelry Store. In the mid 1980’s Edward’s son, Mark, began apprenticing under his father after four years of college at Missouri Western State College. Mark then decided to wholeheartedly pursue jewelry as a career at the Texas Institute of Jewelry Technology where he received expert training in jewelry repair, stone setting, fabrication and casting. On a whim, Mark took an elective course on wax carving custom jewelry, which he never expected to put into practice, however, over several years it became an integral part of creating his own line of jewelry. Since then, Mark has furthered his education through the Gemological Institute of America (GIA), Diamond Council of America (DCA) and countless hours of hands-on-training, making Mark St. Joseph’s go-to-jeweler.