http://groups.yahoo.com/group/filigree/photos/album/1078244/pic/106638849/view?picmode=&mode=tn&order=ordinal&start=1&count=20&dir=asc I posted a picture of...
I would like to ask, is there a certain characteristic or group of characteristics that makes filigree NORWEGIAN in style? Or perhaps its Scandanavian in...
In Scandinavia, I think Norway does the most filigree. It was done to some extent back in Viking times, but lost as an art and brought back to Norway from...
That's interesting to know, the characteristics you would use to define the N style. Symmetrical and even radial, using a base plate most of the time....
Hiya Lisa, This is a GREAT Topic, and one thing that has been very much on my mind as you could probably tell by one of my other threadswhere i had asked about...
I just did a search on types of filigree, and i am still looking through Google. But, i found this link on an Eygptian filigree item, i thought that i would...
Here is another site i found on Yemenite Filigree: http://www.sabrajewelrydesign.com/Yemenite_filigree_history.html (I think it is the same guy who also has...
Hi Finished the pendant with the filigree bezel. It was really quick and easy to set the stone. Good thing too because there are some cracks in the stone. ...
Wow that turned out great! Love it. Could you take a pic from the side and
back so I can see your bezel. I am having issues with the rectangular mother
of...
Hi Jeanne Thanks for the tip on the hand burnisher. I'll try that. Took some pics from the side. I've been having huge problems attaching the side view pics...
Thanks Trish. I've added pics to the album 'Sharmila's stuff'. Side views of the completed piece and there are some pictures of the bare setting before I...
just researching online to see what's out there etc. have been trying to see where I should try to set up up my sales online other than just via my site...I...
just researching online to see what's out there etc. have been trying to see where I should try to set up up my sales online other than just via my site...I...
Ok, I have been knotting pearls feverously...lol for my show in Nov. I have
been averaging 45min start to finish making 18inch cultured freshwater
pearl...
Take the cost of all your materials. Decide how much you want to make an hour for your time. ($25 to $35 is what I charge) Take the total for your materials...
try calling a jeweler and asking for a quote on how much they charge for restringing pearls. It's going to be anywhere from $1-5 per knot depending on where. I...
It seems to me you should already know the answer to the question, basically, if you're already selling handmade goods. I think the variable as compared to,...
Well I went into a jewelry shop to see what they were charging for the
strand...I believe it was a 45inch...no knots and they were charging close
to $300, and...
let me give you a good example about why you have to think wholesale then retail etc. I found this artist on artfire, obviously one of my readers from the...
The thing is this is my first show. I have been selling things here and
there. The price I would basically come up with on the spot.....I am still
making a...
If you look at my first answer and the other answers, it was mentioned several times about 'what the market will bear'....I do two different lines of jewelry,...
That's the thing really I see so much online, and I know what goes into it
I want to be fair on both sides, but I wold like me to be the winner of
course. So...
Ah, I see, this is your first show. Well, then I can understand the uncertainty. And of course even after you've been doing this for many years there will...
I can't believe they're selling a piece where the one end of the wire got balled up in the flame. Lisa Designs by Lisa Gallagher www.lisagallagher.com ... ...
Something else to consider, is that if you do charge too little (not saying your are, just saying IF) you could be hurting your sales just as much, if not...
