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re: Etsy Finds: Wear Audrey Hepburn on your wrist and Sonny and Cher on your ears with these cool pieces of jewelry!

S.Bate — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:47:45 GMT

I don't think it's just the images you need to check out, but the copyright in the likenesses too. Living artistes or their representatives might have something to say about this and deceased ones often have copyright in their likenesses handled by their descendants, etc. And a film character portrayed by a particular actor may be owned by the movie company! I know a lot of people are reproducing and using images of celebrities willy-nilly nowadays, but most times it is a breach of copyright.

Lovely idea, but did this jewellery artist check all this out? And if so, they should say so.

re: You can have your gold and eat it too?

S.Bate — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:35:00 GMT

The medicinal properties of gold and silver have been around for a long time. They have just got around to making sticking plasters coated with silver, although pure silver has been known to promote healing for a very long time.

Silver leaf in particular is used in Indian cuisine and has magical and religious significance, especially for weddings. It can be used to garnish rice dishes or to decorate sweets.

You absorb other trace elements, metals like zinc, for instance, without moaning about it being a waste! And anyway, if you eat gold or silver, where do you suppose it ends up?

I will enjoy eating or drinking these precious things, because this has magickal connotations and will enable me to understand the metals better. I have even been known to enjoy a tiny drink of Goldwasser, liqueur containing flecks of gold!

But, never to excess, as the gift of knowing how to make gold and silver leaf was considered divine. Every time you eat a silver covered sweet, think of the artisan who beat the silver.

re: Etsy Finds: Wear Audrey Hepburn on your wrist and Sonny and Cher on your ears with these cool pieces of jewelry!

serenitysowl — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:42:03 GMT

Very cool! Glad to see some fellow Etsy artisans here :)

re: Jewelry, cosmetics, and other fascinating finds from The Burnt City of ancient Persia

Kristin Sutter — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:32:20 GMT

Thanks for sharing! The Bead Pot was very interesting. I'm always amazed at how long beads have been a part of human culture. What beautiful reminders of how some things are universal!

re: You can have your gold and eat it too?

Katie Streeter — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:47:32 GMT

Hi, Bentiron.

Thank you for pointing out the medicinal value of these metals. I know someone who has had gold injections for years for her arthritis, and I think it's great that precious metals bring relief for her pain.

But I also agree with your earlier statement that eating it is a waste, at least for those of us who don't need it for medical purposes.

re: Jewelry, cosmetics, and other fascinating finds from The Burnt City of ancient Persia

Bentiron — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:30:54 GMT

I have also had a long time interest in ancient jewelry. I found the Bead Pot from the Indus Valley www.harappa.com/.../index.html to be very interesting. I hope that you also find it of interest.

re: You can have your gold and eat it too?

Bentiron — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:25:43 GMT

My wife corrected me on the medicinal value of gold for the end stages of rheumatoid arthritis as an injectable drug. I guess that it brings a modicum of relief to the suffers of this disease. There are also those that believe in the use silver in a medicinal form known as chelated silver and drink it. In high doses it will turn the skin blue. I think I will pass on these two forms of treatment.

re: You can have your gold and eat it too?

Bentiron — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:51:36 GMT

What waste eating it! I have better things to with gold and silver then sending it to the waste treatment plant. That is just a bit to obvious of excessive consumption and flaunting your wealth. Not being a good steward of the Earth's wealth considering what it took to extract the silver and gold form the ground.

re: Etsy Finds: Wear Audrey Hepburn on your wrist and Sonny and Cher on your ears with these cool pieces of jewelry!

Katie Streeter — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:20:58 GMT

Hi, Ravenwoman,

Artists need to make sure that the images they use (whether for jewelry or in other art media) are copyright free and in the public domain.

re: Etsy Finds: Wear Audrey Hepburn on your wrist and Sonny and Cher on your ears with these cool pieces of jewelry!

ravenwoman — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:08:49 GMT

Are there copyright laws to consider when doing/selling this kind of work????

re: Anyone else out there intrigued by the steampunk movement?

SilverSmith92 — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:07:19 GMT

I've been designing in the genre for a while and didn't even know it had a name until recently!

I just thought I was the only one intrigued with gears and watch movements, etc.

re: Anyone else out there intrigued by the steampunk movement?

janet_farris — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:10:41 GMT

Yes, steampunk!! I have just recently learned the name for it. The web is a rich resource for images and information. I can't say that it has shown up in my jewelry design as yet. Need some play time to experiment.

re: Anyone else out there intrigued by the steampunk movement?

Bentiron — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:45:38 GMT

I was just given a link to Keith LoBue and told to clean out the top drawer of my tool box so maybe it is time to join the Steampunk generation. It is certainly one way to use up the odd bits that one has lay about that one hates to part with for one reason or another. I think I will have to add a few chicken bones though.

re: A different way to color metal — with a laser?

Absolute Titanium — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:39:51 GMT

That will be a significant milestone in the history jewelry. I will be waiting to see the final results of this research, and how to apply it to my designs