Jewelry, as a craft, hasn’t changed much in thousands of years.  There were certainly changes in designs and metal compositions, but overall we only developed new ways of manipulating the metal to our whim. That’s all changed in the 21st century.  This younger generation of tech-savvy young people is helping to spur an evolutionary process for […]

The Chinese Year of the Dog Since February 16 was Chinese New Years and 2018 is the year of the dog, I thought I’d reprise an earlier post on this beloved canine. Especially since I was born in the year of the dog! And just so you know, according to Chinese astrologists, those born in […]

Stars, Eclipses and Meteorites Inspire Artists and Jewelers Long before I became a jeweler I gazed into space at the stars. And was fascinated by heavenly phenomena. For a while I thought my dad was an Astronomer. It turns out he was an Astrologer. We didn’t live together, so I bonded with him at a […]

Nine Holes of Bling I’ve recently been taught how to look at some of the more technical aspects of my web traffic, such as the demographics. It turns out 40% of my readers are men! No doubt some of you are here studying up on jewelry for your ladies. So, in order to keep things […]