Monthly Archive for: ‘October, 2008’
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Blog Carnival Q of the Month!
What’s a skill you’d like to learn and why? Or what’s your favorite technique and why? I’d like to learn blacksmithing. I took one class years ago, at the one place in Chicago with an accessible forge. Turns out that the classroom was in a …
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What Crisis? Japanese Co. Sells Cell Phones with Diamonds
Ya gotta look at this picture: http://nz.entertainment.yahoo.com. Update, 11/10/08: the limited edition phones sold out in three days! Read about it here.
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BronzClay How-to pdfs Available
Mardel at Cool Tools has posted some terrific summaries of how to work with, fire, and dry BronzClay, 16 pages in all. Very helpful. They can be found in the Files section of the Metal Clay Gallery yahoo group, or at cooltools.us.
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How to Use Liver of Sulphur without Dipping
Liver of sulfur is Potassium Sulfide. Buy it in lump form from a jeweler’s supply company. You can buy it pre-mixed, but since it has a shelf life, it’s much better to buy it in lump form and mix it as needed. Break off a …
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America Creates – New Place for You to Sell
America Creates Fine American Arts and Crafts Online is a higher end alternative to etsy, and it looks really great. The oft mentioned criticism of etsy is that the prices there are generally too low, and I agree with that, it is a problem. Check …
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What’s Your Question for the Jewelry Marketing Expert?
Dr. David Weiman, author of The Jewelry Selling Answer Book, Expert Answers to the Most Popular Questions Jewelry Makers Have About Selling, and more, has kindly agreed to do a Q & A here on the blog. What would you like me to ask him? …
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