Looking for that special personalised gift to give to your loved ones for that all important occasion? Maybe then you should consider the potential that precious metal clays offer when it comes to allowing you to be creative and develop your own jewellery. Precious metal clay comes in many different forms that each offer different […]
Something that is always important when it comes to your jewellery pieces is the personal effort and customisation that goes into your designs that give them that cutting edge. Art clay silver is a type of clay that can help to develop this, offering beautiful designs coupled with an added versatility that can aid in […]
As a jeweller, you may find yourself wondering ‘what actually is the difference between precious metal clay and art clay?’ Although there is a difference in the way both of the materials are chemically formed (and are thus technically different) they both boast similarities in the uses and the methods that are used when we […]
Polymer Fimo clays are very useful when it comes to developing the perfect design on the jewellery your manufacturing. There are many techniques that are available that range from the handheld application of your design onto the piece to the imprinting of previous designs on to your jewellery. One technique that you could use when […]
It was about five or six years ago now that I first got really into smoking and I have to say that that was primarily down to my purchase of a Big Green Egg. Not something that\’s readily supplied in the UK but after a few attempts at searching I managed to acquire one. The […]
Form the Most Productive Question First you need a reasonable question. For example, this is not such a good question: \”Will I get a raise tomorrow at the meeting with my boss?\” However, asking the following questions, for the same situation, will get you much further in enlisting the help of your subconscious: \”What are […]
Learning the meanings of 78 Tarot cards and nuances for each doesn\’t sound easy or fun. And you get really desperate once you realize that each card can mean many different things depending on the context. But the good thing is that each card isn\’t an independent entity: Cards follow each other and describe different […]
As you probably know, there is quite more to a Tarot reading than just putting several cards on a table and looking up the meaning of each individual card. You need the \”question\” of a reading, you need to open the cards in a \”spread\” and then you need to create a meaningful story that […]
For some reason, most of the research I do into the origins of cooking always leads me back to China. Don\’t get me wrong, Chinese food is great but why always China? Or is it to do with the fact that most of my research is into the barbecue smoker? I started researching kamados and […]
The Slavic Jews created Pastrami and is related (if not developed from) a product called pastrama which is a highly seasoned, smoked pork that\’s very traditional and famous in the European country of Romania. Pastrami is not made from pork but beef and it became very popular in the Jewish delicatessens all over Europe and […]
