Spincus's Blog (49)

Casting

Hi, I am reprinting the last part of my previous blog post here and adding to the discussion.

I also decided that I would do a multi part blog post on the lost wax casting method. Here is a sprue tree of wax that is going to be cast into silver soon. This sprue tree will be put into… Continue

Added by Spincus on May 15, 2008 at 9:00am — No Comments

Seductress - New Pearl Earrings set in Sterling

I am going to release several items of my new spring collection over the next week or so. Here is my first new work. The image is still a work in progress. Pearl Earrings in a hand made sterling setting. Here is the Etsy listing… Continue

Added by Spincus on May 13, 2008 at 9:00am — 1 Comment

The marketing site I monitor made it on Ning Front page

Well guys - considerations - the art of marketing got picked up as a front page story on Ning. Here is the link to the article. Many of the members got links to articles or work. Pretty fun. I am pretty sure Ning now has over 200,000 social forums, so pretty neat that we got picked up. I Continue

Added by Spincus on April 27, 2008 at 7:57pm — No Comments

New Earring Loops - Oxidized

I have been working on some findings of late. I added oxidized head pins and about to add some earring wires.

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Added by Spincus on April 21, 2008 at 8:16am — No Comments

700 year old pendant

I did this work a while ago but finally got around to putting it on Etsy. I love being able to take something that is so old (800+ years old) and turning it back into art. The ultimate in recycling beauty. This goes way beyond vintage :) 700 - 900 year old Anasazi Nati… Continue

Added by Spincus on April 14, 2008 at 1:47pm — 3 Comments

More of my New Tribal Toggle Clasps and buttons

Here are some more examples of my new product line to my Etsy Site. I am starting to do findings in sterling silver in limited runs. So far I have added clasps, buttons and cuff links. I dont want to overwhelm this blog posting so will only show a few of them here at a time.

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Added by Spincus on April 5, 2008 at 10:30am — No Comments

New Tribal Toggle Clasp and Button Line

Hi Guys,

I just added a whole new product line to my Etsy Site. I am starting to do findings in sterling silver in limited runs. So far I have added clasps, buttons and cuff links. I dont want to overwhelm this blog posting so will only show a few of them here at a time.… Continue

Added by Spincus on April 3, 2008 at 6:00pm — No Comments

A New Treasury, That Included My Work.

Here is new treasury that included my work. Thank you EliNOpus of EtsyRain :) Continue

Added by Spincus on March 31, 2008 at 4:00am — No Comments

Yeah another Treasury!

Hi, I made it into a treasury on Etsy. Here is the link for while it lasts. Continue

Added by Spincus on March 29, 2008 at 6:43pm — No Comments

I got in my first treasury! Woot!

yeah! here is the link here is the item that was featured.

Thank you very much JMWJewelry Continue

Added by Spincus on March 26, 2008 at 6:00pm — 1 Comment

Hammered Button Top Ring

Hand Crafted, Sterling Silver Ring. I did a whole bunch of rings in a series over a few days. This one is one of my favorites from that session. This work was created because I loved all the shapes and especially the strong hammered textures in the ring cr… Continue

Added by Spincus on March 26, 2008 at 9:30am — No Comments

Mens Pendant.. or Female - New Work

This pendant was very fun to make. The star originally started out as being part of another project, that just never got used. So I was trying to think of what to do with it. Then this piece came to me in its entirety. This is a mixture of fabrication and casting… Continue

Added by Spincus on March 25, 2008 at 10:00am — No Comments

Gallery

Well the gallery was finaly ready to let me display my works. If you guys ever get to Gig Harbor, please stop in the Ebb Tide Gallery and take a peak.

Here is my most recent item added to… Continue

Added by Spincus on March 20, 2008 at 5:14pm — No Comments

And the Survey says!

I started a survey on my inde page. The survey question is Do Women like Kinetic Jewelry (jewelry that moves.). The survey can be found about the middle of my page. The current results are visible to everyone. The survey came out of a thread on Etsy i started on the same subject and is very informative. As a guy I wanted to make sure that the design area I was exploring… Continue

Added by Spincus on March 19, 2008 at 7:00am — No Comments

Featured on TalentDatabase woot!

way cool :) Continue

Added by Spincus on March 18, 2008 at 6:54am — 1 Comment

hmm

I just came up with new name for what it is I do. I am an Art metal Jeweler., As opposed to being an Art wire Jeweler. Continue

Added by Spincus on March 17, 2008 at 12:01am — No Comments

Kinetic Ring

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Added by Spincus on March 14, 2008 at 9:00pm — No Comments

New Location - Open to all

The marketing blog has moved to Considerations - Art Marketing please change your links accordingly :) cya all over there. Continue

Added by Spincus on March 14, 2008 at 12:18pm — No Comments

New Location - Needs Testers

Hi guys, Here is a link to the new location for the Art Marketing Community. The name of it is Considerations - Art Marketing. The site is still in beta but i could use a few folks heading over that way and testing it out. The key thing it has is a forum, which is something that has been asked for. Also, the site allows for additional posters on the main blog. So you folks can submit articles if you want to contribute that way. There is a new badg… Continue

Added by Spincus on March 13, 2008 at 8:29pm — No Comments

How do you build a bussness on the internet?

I was thinking of how to answer the question posed in the title, when I got this email from indemoon in reference to my last posting: ... only one question after reading that post - have you been cloned or something? That's a lot of work you described there! :-) my answer: yeah but, i am pretty darn sure that after i get those sites up they will be mostly self maintainable, with only a bit of a push from me. I do worry about it though. How do you build business on the internet? One s… Continue

Added by Spincus on March 13, 2008 at 1:35pm — No Comments