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- Thu Jan 29, 2004 1:16 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: wire inclusion questions
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7558
Fine silver is actually 99.9% pure silver, whereas sterling silver is an alloy of 92.5% fine silver and 7.5% something else. Traditionally the something else in the alloy is copper. The reason that most jewelry is made of sterling silver, rather than fine silver, is that the addition of the copper m...
- Tue Jan 27, 2004 11:39 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: wire inclusion questions
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7558
- Tue Jan 27, 2004 11:38 pm
- Forum: Business Topics
- Topic: Getting OUT Of A Gallery
- Replies: 17
- Views: 24147
- Tue Jan 27, 2004 7:57 pm
- Forum: Business Topics
- Topic: Looking for suggestions for booth displays
- Replies: 11
- Views: 13788
- Tue Jan 27, 2004 6:11 pm
- Forum: Business Topics
- Topic: Looking for suggestions for booth displays
- Replies: 11
- Views: 13788
Andrew - Like many of us, you're on the search for the perfect display for shows. After doing shows for 12 years, I still haven't found the perfect display. I've had at least 6 or 7 different permutations. LOL. The best advice I can give you is to match your displays to the kind of customer you're t...
- Tue Jan 27, 2004 5:47 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: A new computer virus out there
- Replies: 27
- Views: 27603
My error messages came late yesterday afternoon (between 4 and 5 pm PST). The error codes were from two websites/domains I'd never heard of: http://www.rioting.com http://www.yellowcardrock.com Out of curiousity, I looked at them both and they appear to be music related. So, does this imply that the...
- Tue Jan 27, 2004 3:01 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: A new computer virus out there
- Replies: 27
- Views: 27603
A new computer virus out there
In case you hadn't heard yet, there's a new computer virus out there that affects PC's. I have a Mac and this virus doesn't affect Macs. I discovered this because someone who has my email addy in their address book is infected. The virus sent emails to several email addys that didn't exist, so email...
- Tue Jan 27, 2004 2:53 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: how to shine sterling
- Replies: 11
- Views: 11006
If you make a lot of jewelry, the investment in a jeweler's buffing machine might be worth your while. It's still very messy, but faster/ easier than buffing with a flexshaft tool. You can use one kind of buffing compound (tripoli, bobbing compound, Zam, etc.) to remove scratches and another (jewele...
- Thu Jan 22, 2004 1:57 pm
- Forum: Business Topics
- Topic: pendant display ?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7863
In response to your question about the Egyptian pieces on my website... I didn't make the glass in those pieces. They're vintage pressed glass cabs that were made between the 1920's and 1960's in several different countries. In the 1920's, there was a resurgence of interest in ancient Egypt when Kin...
- Thu Jan 22, 2004 1:23 pm
- Forum: Business Topics
- Topic: pendant display ?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7863
The answer depends on what you're looking for... You can spend $1000 easily on a Dynamic Display System jewelry case. They are easy to transport and assemble. Or you can look on ebay and see what's for sale and if it can be shipped to you in time if you win it. I've had custom made jewelry cases tha...
- Sat Jan 17, 2004 2:23 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Youghiogheny or Chicago Art Glass in the kiln?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8410
I tried Yough in the kiln and ended up with something really ugly. The color changed from one of their amazing colors to something ugly and muddy looking. There's more about this in the archives, but basically the beautiful glasses made for stained glass may not even be compatible with themselves. G...
- Thu Jan 15, 2004 1:53 am
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Need secret cheetin' technology for assymetrical slump
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6873
- Wed Jan 14, 2004 6:40 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Nichrome Wire Turned Black
- Replies: 8
- Views: 10561
Darn...no advice requiring the usual offerings to the kiln gods? That's my favorite kind! LOL. Okay, well, here's the scoop without a ritual. I'd guess that your nichrome wire had some kind of contamination on it which burned to create a black finish. If you want to get it off, you can clean it in a...
- Tue Jan 13, 2004 9:05 pm
- Forum: Business Topics
- Topic: wholesale crafts.com, input?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 13475
- Mon Jan 12, 2004 11:08 pm
- Forum: Business Topics
- Topic: Best Tent for outdoor shows
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9589
- Thu Jan 08, 2004 2:49 pm
- Forum: Business Topics
- Topic: EMAIL LIST NEEDED
- Replies: 17
- Views: 17833
- Wed Jan 07, 2004 5:12 pm
- Forum: Business Topics
- Topic: Craftworkers Catalog
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3381
Steve Powers is a show promoter who does shows out here on the left coast (CA, Nevada..). I've only done one of his shows which was here in San Jose some years ago. The attendance was so poor that he didn't try doing it again after the first year. I've been getting these mailings about this catalog ...
- Wed Jan 07, 2004 2:32 pm
- Forum: Business Topics
- Topic: The Crafts Report board
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9228
- Tue Jan 06, 2004 3:34 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Warm Glass calendar!!!
- Replies: 98
- Views: 88665
Heh. I know I already want at least 2. My dad was here visiting when I asked David to take the photo of me and described what Gale and I are planning on doing. My dad thought it was so funny he has asked me to get him one also. LOL. I suspect there may be higher demand for this than you might think ...
- Mon Jan 05, 2004 8:33 pm
- Forum: Techniques and Tools
- Topic: Tanquerey bottle
- Replies: 8
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It depends on what kind of metal it is as to what will happen. I wouldn't fire it with the metal on it because odds are the glass and the metal have very different COEs, and it will cause the bottle to break. Worst case, the metal is something you shouldn't fire, like galvanized whatever it is that ...