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Playing with my rolling mill
bethwicker
I have been playing with my “new” rolling mill this week, and really
enjoying the resulting textures. I have a rather extensive fabric
collection, and am working my way through the cloth with interesting
textures to see what does will with the metal. I am NOT an expert at
rolling mills! That said, I took some photos of my process today,
and they might be helpful to other beginners.
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http://bethwicker.ganoksin.com/blogs/2008/10/09/
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Some Digital Photography Tips
bethwicker
In one of my prior lives I was a professional photgrapher. This was
long before digital, but I have kept up my skills, and added to them
as the digital age unfolded. So here are a few tips for using and
editing digital photos. Digital cameras use some form of computer
memory - often a card - to store the pictures. Just as a hard drive
needs to be periodically defragged, you should reformat your media
every now and then. This wipes everything back to a new state, and
helps to stabilize the media. Be sure you have removed all photos
that you want from the media first, as everything will be
permanently erased.
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http://bethwicker.ganoksin.com/blogs/2008/10/09/
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Necklace in Sterling and Coral
Sam Patania
This was the first spiculum floral necklace I made. It was made in
the spring of 2008. I had wanted to work with the spiculum form
since I learned about it in Mike Croft’s metalsmithing class at the
University of Arizona in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s. My
experiment was to see if I could bend the spiculum and join them
together, then as the piece progressed I added the Coral ovals and
the forged bead wires of different sizes. I make the chain of
smaller spiculums, some of which I totally enclosed as if they were
an unopened flower…
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http://patania-jewelry.ganoksin.com/blogs/2008/10/09/
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Necklace in Sterling and Branch Coral
Sam Patania
This necklace took me years to make. My grandfather, Frank Patania,
Sr. purchased the Branch Coral in the 1950’s when he took a trip
back to his homeland of Italy. Since my grandfather died in 1964, my
father had this coral and used much of it over the years. I had seen
this coral in the vault of my family’s business all my
apprenticeship and when I took over the business in 1990 it became
mine…
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http://patania-jewelry.ganoksin.com/blogs/2008/10/09/
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Necklace, Azurite and Sterling
Sam Patania
I took a break from the floral element pieces I have been making
over the past several months to make this forged sterling necklace.
I have been wanting to use this Azurite/Malachite I bought from my
friend, Bruce Mead, in '06 but, just came up with this idea
recently…
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http://patania-jewelry.ganoksin.com/blogs/2008/10/09/
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Two New Rings
Hans Meevis
This is the tourmaline I carved a few posts back, set in 14ct gold
and silver. It just had to go for a floral type ring. I like setting
little diamonds in little gold balls that I solder on. The background
is blackened with Liver of Sulphur I like making rings like this. I’m
going to make some more…
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http://meevis.ganoksin.com/blogs/2008/10/09/two-new-rings/
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What is Jewelry?
atinuj
This word is so familiar to all of us. We buy jewelry. We wear
jewelry. Some of us make jewelry. While some sell jewelry. But what
does Jewelry mean to us, especially here in Thailand?..
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http://tanim.ganoksin.com/blogs/2008/10/09/what-is-jewelry/
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Introducing Harbor Jewelers
Peggy Wilson
Harbor Jewelers is a partnership of 2 goldsmiths who got sick and
tired of doing shows after about 20 years of traveling. We opened
our store in Chesapeake, VA in April 2007, and continued doing shows
as we grew the store business. Today we are packing for our 3rd to
last show.counting down to the end of the year. In 2009, we will
focus on the store and let others have the fun of doing shows…
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http://harborjewelers.ganoksin.com/blogs/2008/10/09/
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Double sided free form bezel
alastair
Customers pearl, silver 32mm x 16mm. The construction method used
for this type of setting is described in the second half my post in
the Orchid archives
Bezel setting with no back - Jewelry Discussion - Ganoksin Orchid Jewelry Forum Community for Jewelers and Metalsmiths…
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http://alastairmc.ganoksin.com/blogs/2008/10/09/
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Life as a Jewellery Designer
daisycreations
I haven’t been so happy about any job that I have ever done as I am
about this. Also what makes it so enjoyable is when people order
jewellery they have seen in my bag, or when I am wearing it…
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http://daisycreations.ganoksin.com/blogs/2008/10/09/
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What’s a Metalsmith?
alberic
Let’s start off with a bang. This is something that I wrote during
the whole firestorm over Metalsmith’s Exhibition in Print this year.
It went into my “sleep on it before posting” pile, and then the
conversation changed, so I never did post it. I’m posting it here,
because I’m still curious about the message’s central question:
What’s a metalsmith?..
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http://alberic.ganoksin.com/blogs/2008/10/09/whats-a-metalsmith/
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70 going on 2008
Larry Whittington
The title makes no sense! As I sit here writing my first blog, it
make sense to me. I am 70 and life is going on in 2008. I am a
Lapidary who loves working with rocks. But not just every rock. I
like rocks that polish. But not every rock that will polish. I like
the agates, jasper, and petrified wood and similar materials. These
make nice specimens especially when part of the piece is
polished…
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http://jewelrycabs.ganoksin.com/blogs/2008/10/09/70-going-on-2008/
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Palmetto Bug
John Rasmussen
A great feeling tonight, at least for a small time. Finished 11 of
the 14 cabochons. The unakite, 1 sodalite and 1 emerald fell off
their dops before I finished. The sodalite and unikite were easy to
recover, I haven’t found the emerald yet. I could hear it hit walls
and furniture when it skipped off the lap. Even my cardboard spray
catcher didn’t slow it down, knocked the cardboard over the edge of
the desk onto the floor. the 40 x 30 sodalite cabochon was quite
beautiful, with a white/clear quartz end. i was looking at that
stone, when touching the top of the quartz, about a 5 x 3 mm piece
fell off. Oh well, thier goes making jewelry from it…
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http://rasmussengems.ganoksin.com/blogs/2008/10/09/palmetto-bug/
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neilthejeweler
Baroque South Seas with Onyx bales
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http://neilthejeweler.ganoksin.com/blogs/5/
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Some thoughts about design
johndonivan
I can’t tell anybody how to design stuff - not really. That involves
amassing all the design tools and concepts you can get your hands
on, assimilating them, and letting them steep in your brain until
they gel into something useful. This is only about what might be a
useful tool to know about. I’ll start way back, at the beginning…
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http://johndonivan.ganoksin.com/blogs/some-thoughts-about-design/