All Things Metal Clay
An Expert Guide to Making & Selling Jewelry

1. RAW 27/52 Tribute to CY Twombly, 2. Color Challenge Rings and RAW30/52, 3. RAW 18/52, 4. Untitled RAW 25/52 My Big Emerald Cut, 5. RAW 25/52, 6. RAW 24/52

Photojojo has a post up on various ideas for a photo-a-day challenge. Good ideas to get you thinking.

http://content.photojojo.com/tips/photo-project-ideas-for-the-new-year

Speaking of something-a-day or a-week challenges, let’s check in with the Ring-a-Week folks. http://www.flickr.com/groups/ringaweek

One of my favorite rings I made during Ring-a-Week is ring 51:

Ring 51 by Elaine Luther, (c) 2011 All Rights Reserved, bronze and iron wire

A good little essay on marketing:

http://www.thestudiosource.com/from-bad-gift-to-great-marketing

Vickie Hallmark shares her experience so far with Sterling PMC:

http://fiberartglass.blogspot.com/2011/12/experiments-with-new-sterling-clay.html

Here’s a new site from CHA, the Craft & Hobby Association, Craft Critique, full of reviews.

http://www.craftcritique.com

Important information about a copyright court case relevant to artists:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/01/arts/design/richard-prince-lawsuit-focuses-on-limits-of-appropriation.html
(if that link doesn’t work, it’s because of the New York Time’s paywall. If you search for it on facebook, you might be able to access it.)