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ZOOMSHOP – Royal Hellenistic Earrings

March 14, 2015Uncategorizedancient, bronze, ejgold, gem, gold, gorby, gorebagg, greek, hellenic, hellenistic, jal, jewel, silver, stone age, zoomshopgorebagg

Start out with a 6″ straight .22 or .24 gauge wire.

The first choice comes when you select two stones for your Hellenistic earrings. Try the .22 gauge wire first. Gently push the wire through the drill-hole in the bead to see if it will work. If EITHER bead is reluctant to accept the .22 gauge wire, switch to the much thinner .24 gauge wire.

The Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, Sumerians and Babylonians were incredible builders and engineers. This earring depends upon a bridge-engineering discovery they made many tens of thousands of years ago, that translates into bead technology as: a vertical wire will support a bead better than a horizontal wire. Continue reading →

ZOOMSHOP – Paleo Neolithic Ring

March 13, 2015Uncategorizedejgold, gorby, gorebagg, jal, jewelry, paleo, ring, stone age, zoomshopgorebagg

Studying actual ancient gold jewelry to understand how simple techniques can achieve powerful results.

Jewelers in ancient times had various tools available to them, depending upon the culture, the level of culture, the opportunities available to them or to their friends and families, but mostly it rested upon the traditions passed on through the generations.

Jewelers today have the same practices — many secrets are guarded and passed on only from father to son, mother to daughter, aunt or uncle to nieces & nephews. In short, they trust only family with these secrets.

I’ve never subscribed to that tradition. Continue reading →