All Things Metal Clay
An Expert Guide

by Elaine Luther

“Would you still make jewelry if you suddenly became wealthy and didn’t have to sell your jewelry anymore?”

That’s what we blog carnival participants asked ourselves this time.

The answer for me is yes, and in fact, I don’t have to make jewelry now, but I still do.

But it got me thinking about money and creativity.

Amy Dacyczyn, aka The Frugal Zealot, says

“solving your problems with money stunts your creativity.”

I wonder how not having an unlimited budget benefits me by making me be more creative.

An article here, about being gluten free all the time vs. only during Passover has this to say:

“But good similarities, like the stirring of creativity that happens when one must make do when faced with restrictions, exists, too.”

Actually, I think these restrictions nearly always exist when making jewelry with precious metals. The expense of the materials is always a limiting factor. And the time required for metalsmithing is another restriction — the process is so slow, you have lots of time to consider and reconsider.

With PMC, the process is faster, but cost is still relevant.

What would happen if cost were no longer a limiting factor? Would an endless supply of materials ruin me? I’m willing to risk it. : )

Here are the links to see what all these jewelry artists have to say on the topic:

Lora Hart http://lorahartjewels.blogspot.com/

Kirsten Skiles http://www.kaskiles.com/

Marco Fleseri http://www.fleseri.com/blog/

Angela Baudel Crispin http://angelacrispin.canalblog.com/

Sherri Haab http://penny-candies.blogspot.com

Tamra Gentry http://gentrydesignco.typepad.com/jewelrydesignchronicles

How about you? How would you deal with sudden wealth and jewelry making? Post a comment and join the carnival! Thanks!

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Here’s a nice overview of cloisonné enameling. Click here.

Here’s a link to a whole slew of videos from the folks at Bench Media and BenchTelevision. Click here.

Brad Simon of Bench Media also notes that you can subscribe to their videos and get a notice whenever they post a new one.

Art Jewelry Magazine has also added a YouTube channel. Click here to visit.

Check out this awesome custom, laminated Artistic License here. You can get one of your own for $20.00.

via boing boing.

Another blog carnival is coming this Friday, with even more participants than last time, stay tuned!

And I’m happy about it!

Liz is Liz Straus of Successful Blog, one of the meta-blogs, or blogs about blogging, that I read.

The SOB Badge, above, is the award she gives out to bloggers; it stands for Successful Outstanding Blogger!

Thanks Liz!

Read the post and see the other SOBs of the week here.