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Is Self Employment a hobby or a job

Dave — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 08:23:06 +0000

Have you ever been at a craft fair and have peoplestop at your stall and admire your work and make a comment like "nice hobby" or how long did that take to make and when you tell them they say "you obviously have a lot of spare time" . . . → Read More: Is Self Employment a hobby or a job

Great day at the craft fair today

Dave — Sun, 15 May 2011 21:59:34 +0000

Yes today was a great day at the craft fair, it was well attended and I got a few nice comments about the hessian we bought recently to use as table covers on my stand, it went very well with the rocks and trees.

I met a very interesting chap who wanted to have . . . → Read More: Great day at the craft fair today

Looking Forward to being a busy Lapidary in 2011

Dave — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 13:05:56 +0000

In addition to working semi precious stones like Tiger Eye, Blue Lace Agate and the many others we have in stock I also want to revisit my big stock of Flint and get to know it better and maybe couple it with the copper wire to produce a range of “not too expensive” jewellery but keeping it in the same class as our Sterling Silver wrapped jewellery. I also like the Flint because it’s a material I collected myself from an excavation site, so there is more of a bond to it than the bought in rough that we have. . . . → Read More: Looking Forward to being a busy Lapidary in 2011

Lapidary Workshop Prepared for use

Dave — Mon, 31 May 2010 11:29:03 +0000

After the long hard winter we have all just endured the Lapidary workshop was just too cold to be worked in, even the wood burning stove couldn’t cope, so it’s lain dormant for a quite a number of months.

So yesterday we spent much of the day cleaning up out there, sorting out rocks, . . . → Read More: Lapidary Workshop Prepared for use

So How Did Our Gem Stone Crosses Turn Out

Dave — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:04:26 +0000

In a previous post I described how we cut the crosses out of green Aventurine, since then we cut some more out Orange Aventurine, Rose Quartz, Sodalite and Lapis Lazuli, just to get the feel for using different materials for making crosses. . . . → Read More: So How Did Our Gem Stone Crosses Turn Out

Teaching ourselves how to make Gemstone Crosses

Dave — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:18:44 +0000

We recently had a request from a lady who wanted a cross made from rose quartz, fortunately there is no rush for this item as we need to figure out how to make these, good job as we needed to teach oursleves how to do it. . . . → Read More: Teaching ourselves how to make Gemstone Crosses

How I Polish Lapis Lazuli

Dave — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 07:25:12 +0000

Now regarding the Lapis Lazuli, well the first step is the shaping on the harsher silicone carbide belts then I continue through the steps on these belts through to 600 grit. . . . → Read More: How I Polish Lapis Lazuli

Lapidary Activities on Hold

Dave — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 09:13:13 +0000

I am sorry I haven’t made any new posts here for a short while it’s because I am recovering from a broken left collar bone at the moment which happened as a result of a motorcycle accident back on July 17th. . . . → Read More: Lapidary Activities on Hold

Labradorite Slabs

Dave — Thu, 21 May 2009 09:37:06 +0000

I am considering offering Labradorite slabs soon in our shop. . . . → Read More: Labradorite Slabs

When is black agate not black agate – when its flint!

Dave — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:59:56 +0000

Well I had a "field day" no pun intended, as you can see from the picture I filled my boots, this field has lumps of flint all over the place. . . . → Read More: When is black agate not black agate – when its flint!