I usually like ‘hidden’ aspects of jewellery, but this is so rubbish.
I’m almost speechless.
Just … what the??
oh dear; click on image for original news story
And wouldn’t raised text be more effective than engraved? Really?
Imagine your partner tells you wear this to ‘stop you from cheating’ … oh my good lordy, it’s about seventeen kinds of WRONG!
It’s been just under a week since I asked for help with an ‘hourly rate’ survey.
To date the post has received lots of fabulous comments and many people have read it (at least according to my traffic stats). Though many seem to be shy about contributing to the survey.
The results as at 9:30pm last night are below, from only 16 responses (thank you to the few who voted):
survey results, 930pm 2nd July 2012
I feel it’s important that jewellers, especially those emerging and starting to figure out how it all works, gain a feeling for what the market does. And rarely would any of us feel comfortable enough to impose upon another jeweller and come outright and say “so, what do you charge per hour” … or is that just me?!
If you haven’t already, please do contribute to the survey below (sorry to international readers; this is only in AUS$, other currencies will confuse the results with exchange rates and such). I’ll update again in a week with the results at that time.
Thank you!
(Also: I’ve added a link to the survey in the sidebar … )
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And in an excellent case of good timing, I spotted this on Northcity4’s facebook page.
It took a little searching, but I think the original text may have come from here.
one to remember!
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A friend of mine celebrated a significant birthday recently. And as my handmade present fest continues, I decided to make her a gift.
This was made especially for her … though it also doubles as a prototype for some ideas I’ve been entertaining about a possible production collection.
pendant for friend; image not to be reproduced without permission
It’s 20mm diameter and follows a similar construction to my Opal pieces. I’ve taken the above image at night by artificial light – I should wait until morning, but I was excited and wanted to do it now.
back of pendant; image not to be reproduced without permission
I hope she likes it.
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