Origins Series
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Origins: Tale of Two Tapers, The Spiral Pendant
Second episode in my Origins series of blogs looks at our spiral pendant and the reasons on why I make mine the way I do and what makes them different....
Origins: Tale of Two Tapers, The Spiral Pendant
Second episode in my Origins series of blogs looks at our spiral pendant and the reasons on why I make mine the way I do and what makes them different....
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Origins: The Uppsala Amulet Ring Pendant
Creation story and origin of the Uppsala Amulet ring pendant, with Gungnir, Mjolnir and sickle. Learn how it got its name. Learn about accuracy and the challenges of being a...
Origins: The Uppsala Amulet Ring Pendant
Creation story and origin of the Uppsala Amulet ring pendant, with Gungnir, Mjolnir and sickle. Learn how it got its name. Learn about accuracy and the challenges of being a...
From the Forge

New Experiment: Customer Referral or Affiliate ...
For small artists and artisans getting noticed has become lately very difficult. We used to rely on social media and platforms like Etsy or Youtube, but the way search algorithms...
New Experiment: Customer Referral or Affiliate ...
For small artists and artisans getting noticed has become lately very difficult. We used to rely on social media and platforms like Etsy or Youtube, but the way search algorithms...

From the Archives: Pure Iron Jewellery: Mainten...
Blog post from Years back. I am slowly moving all my blog posts from years back to one place. This one is still pretty much valid. It is about the...
From the Archives: Pure Iron Jewellery: Mainten...
Blog post from Years back. I am slowly moving all my blog posts from years back to one place. This one is still pretty much valid. It is about the...

How Etsy is failing hand made artisans
The economic limits of a hand made business, why selling on a platform like Etsy has become difficult for us and others like us and what determines such things as...
How Etsy is failing hand made artisans
The economic limits of a hand made business, why selling on a platform like Etsy has become difficult for us and others like us and what determines such things as...

Hand made imperfection vs computer generated pe...
My musings on AI, craft, art and economics of being a crafts person, perfection and imperfection and the future of a hand made artisan in a AI perfect world. Not...
Hand made imperfection vs computer generated pe...
My musings on AI, craft, art and economics of being a crafts person, perfection and imperfection and the future of a hand made artisan in a AI perfect world. Not...

Valhalla. How a kenning became a word.
The following is my interpretation. I am not a scholar in the topic. I am bilingual and that give me a keen interest in languages and translations. Language affects culture...
Valhalla. How a kenning became a word.
The following is my interpretation. I am not a scholar in the topic. I am bilingual and that give me a keen interest in languages and translations. Language affects culture...

New year. New shop.
A new year's welcome to our upgraded online store, introducing new features and new products.
New year. New shop.
A new year's welcome to our upgraded online store, introducing new features and new products.
Archived
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Dutch Auction Model in Pricing Artisan Jewellery
An explanation on how I am trying out a new way of pricing our forged silver jewellery, loosely based on an auction model that starts from the highest price and...
Dutch Auction Model in Pricing Artisan Jewellery
An explanation on how I am trying out a new way of pricing our forged silver jewellery, loosely based on an auction model that starts from the highest price and...