I haven't posted lately because I've been mostlyworking on commissions. I've got a couple finished up, and the rest with serious progress.

Although in the next wqeek or so there will be a new Borromean Ring, this one (set?) of half-round yellow gold.

I ordered some metal on Monday from Hoover and Strong, and I was really hoping/expecting that it'd be sent out today. It's standard mill goods; nothing fancy (except that I wanted it dead soft, which adds a day ( Read more... )

At last! A really good day in the studio again ( Read more... )

There was an interesting article in the Boston Globe today about those places to which you can easily sell your gold jewelry for cash ( Read more... )

No recent updates here because I haven't been in the studio much- I've been ill. Fortunately I'm pretty much over it, and looking forward to a solid weekend of catching up. Lots to do!

I also came up with a slightly different approach to the Borromean Rings, and I hope I have time to do a prototype in between the catching-up stuff.

Also: I've been working on a design for Borromean Rings, and have updated my site to show the ones that work: http://www.afmetalsmith.com/contents/details/BorromeanOptions.htmlRead more... )

Yet more annealing today- that's been my main task for a couple of days this week. Now, though, everything is annealed, so I can work on the various pieces till they get to the point where they need more annealing ( Read more... )

Here's an interesting article on the history of diamonds as THE precious stone: http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/198202/diamond

Personally, I agree they can be pretty- VERY sparkly when cut well!- but I'm partial to sapphires. :)

I've got a really well-mixed commission list again. :)

It'll keep me busy, and it's got a good mix of different sorts of pieces- from wedding rings to pendants... and I think there will be time in the gaps to work on some new stuff, too.

Excellent!

It was great to have a few productive hours in the studio today! This week I've been splitting my time between actual metalwork and de4aling with inquiries about different pieces.

Besides commission stuff, I got going on a set of 3 of my Trinket Rings with a Sun, Moon, Star theme. See, J had the idea that people might like themed sets of TRs, ( Read more... )