thebluekraken

just thought i'd share a few things here that i found really useful or have been reading latley. http://www.thefintels.com/aer/homealuminumanodizing.htm really great tutorial on anodizing aluminum. http://www.utahrockhounds.com/tooelegem/tips/saltcasting.html basic silver casting http://technical-articles.hooverandstrong.com/wordpress/improving-your-silver-casting/ more siver casting and troubleshooting. http://chemistry.about.com/od/jewelrychemistry/a/goldalloys.htm gold aloys and what they are composed of. http://www.ganoksin.com/index.htm second best resource for on line turorials for jewelry stuffs http://haroldstudio.blogspot.com/2

getting some newer things done mostly birds right now. been considering making some of the birds and animal things i make into just more complex shadow boxes, moving sort of paintings. I love Audubon prints and id also like to do my own versions of than at an appropriate scale. Also other things like prints. Not really stuff to put on the wall but say mouse pads and the like. practical items with some of my not sucky photos on them. not everyone has a space on the wall for prints. Don't know if i'll bring this stuff to show but it'd be a way to make something that has more purpose than being shiney :P

recently it's been interesting still being a part of etsy(mostly out of necessity). not for any fun of course but watching the melt down of drama that would make another fabulous encyclopedia dramatica entry. etsy pretty much remains completely tone deaf to their users over every single large issue that comes up. they dont seem to have a grasp on on the concept there are even any problems. there's about half a dozen links i could place with all the drama.. lets share annnywayys because it's unbelievable and partly funny and will probably make anyone rage/quit etsy. from the beginning 1. http://www.regretsy.com/2012/04/21/the-etsy-featured