Jewelry Porn

Jewelry Porn, originally uploaded by antigenre.
Jewelers and metalsmiths, admit it – you’ve drooled over these books! I discovered this series in my jewelry class at the 92nd Street Y and went right out and bought the lot of them. FYI, they’re much cheaper on Amazon than they are at the Marketfair Barnes & Noble. They [...]

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Hey, Copper!

Hey, Copper!, originally uploaded by antigenre.
I’m playing around with some new techniques and ideas and seeing what will come of them. I want to add more rings and bracelets to my store (getting a bit earring-heavy, ya know?), so I’m seeing what I can do with copper discs and silver grains. Something like this work-in-progress will [...]

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Like Watching Paint Dry

Corsico Set, originally uploaded by antigenre.
Since summer is now upon us, I thought I should brighten up my jewelry collection with a bit of color. I’ve just recently started playing around with patinas on my brass and copper pieces, and I am loving the results! It is an interesting process and seems to require a [...]

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Works In Progress

Experiments, originally uploaded by antigenre.
I’m just now getting my new drill set up and getting started with it. Unfortunately, I can’t create a permanent set-up for it because of how tiny my apartment is and how crazy my cat is. There’s no place that I can keep a ridiculously heavy motor hanging up where it [...]

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Burning Down the House

I’m having lots of fun with my new toys!  I bought myself a microtorch, a Roburn MT-770, that I used for about 2 days before it cacked on me.  I took it to my new best friends at Metalliferous, and they took a look at it and immediately convinced me to upgrade to a Blazer. [...]

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New Creations

Handforged links, oxidized to a smokey black, with pale green freshwater pearls.

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Where It All Happens

For no particular reason, I wanted to post some pictures of my new and improved workspace, along with a few pieces that I’m currently working on.  I use this space as both a work bench for my handmade jewelry and as a packing center for my Fair Industry (my fair trade store) orders. It’s great, [...]

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Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap

Got any “jobs” you want done?  Anything or anyone you want, well, “taken care of”?  If so, I’m your man.  Or, woman, to be precise.  Not that I’ve been leading a life of crime up to this point, but now that I’m in the perfect position to, why not?
I’m pretty new to torches and soldering [...]

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DIY Snob!

Since starting to make jewelry this spring and joining Etsy, I have been inspired to learn as many new techniques as I can, and I’m now taking a jewelry class at Studio Jewelers, Ltd. in Manhattan. 
I wore the necklace below to the class a few weeks ago; it’s one of my favorites and always gets lots of attention:

As I [...]

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Finally, a blog to blog about!

I promised myself over and over again that I would start blogging, but I just never seemed to get around to it.  Well, here it is! 
There will be something much more interesting than this to read in just a day or two, so please check back.

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