JewelryMonk Podcast

JewelryMonk Podcast Episode 26 In this episode I talk about Jewelry Polishing Polishing Concepts, Polishing Tools I use And the NEW Jewelry Polishing Video Series available at www.JewelryMonk.com I also Talk about Safety in the Shop, Protecting your Lungs and Protecting your Eyes! I Highlight My dear friend in NYC, Stephanie Maslow Blackman Her company is www.Metalicious.com Her Mission is to raise $30,000 for City Harvest in NYC www.30kforcityharvest.com I talk about a Cool Tool of the week, a Deburring Tool, and a video about it at https://youtu.be/fGh-SD9oRxI And also just have a good ol' time. Doug

The JewelryMonk Podcast Episode 24 Introducing the JewelryMonk Studio and Training Center in Rapid City, SD. 717 Main St. 605 718-5070 Featuring: The Tailored Faith Company is a local Black Hills Company that just launched a new website. Inspirational Designs and Giving Back Check Jasmine's journey out at www.Tailoredfaithco.com Also Featuring: The Will-Hold Adjustable Soldering Aide It is an adjustable soldering pick on a magnetic ball. You put it where you need it, and it stays every time. You can adjust the tension with the push of a finger, and it stays put! The tip is tungsten as well, so solder won't stick to it. He is backed up a little with production, but if you go to his website, you can get on the next pre-order list, which is just a week or two out. www.WilliamCobbJewelry.com Jewelry Making Tips as well as Encouragement! Doug Now……Let's Get Ready to Make the BEST Jewelry of your Life!

JewelryMonk Podcast Episode 022 JewelryMonk.com for All Things JewelryMonk Highlighting: JewelryMonk Studio and Training Center Blood:Water Mission Jewelry Tip: Non-Dominant Hand Soldering Health Tip: Back, Neck and Stress Cool Tool of the Week: Jeweler's Square

JewelryMonk Podcast Episode 20 JewelryMonk Design Contest Kickoff In this episode The Kickoff for the JewelryMonk's 2nd Design Contest! Your Mission…… If you choose to accept it: Go to www.JewelryMonk.com and download the PDF with Rules and Stone choices. Design a SILVER design around one of these stone. You have until March 31st, 2017, at Midnight to submit your design to Doug@JewelryMonk.com. My team and I will select 1 winner and announce it soon thereafter. The winner will get their design created by myself. During this process, I will create a video series of the whole process from: Design – The Layout – Metal Fabrication and Cleanup – Rubber Mold Making - Wax Sizing – Casting the Production Piece – Grinding - Tumbling - Pre-Polishing - Stone Setting - and Final Polishing. The Theme of this video series will be Metal Fabrication and Soldering, using the winning design as an example. I will make this video series, Focused on METAL FABRICATION AND SOLDERING available for purchase when it is finished, BUT the winner will receive the series for free. BUT WAIT!!!! There's More! (I have always wanted to say that….. sorry) The winner will also receive the finished model, the mold, and the finished piece to own. This design and finished piece is theirs to do with whatever they want, it will be ready to go into production if they so desire. ALSO, I introduced the A to Z Design to Finished Jewelry Video Course http://jewelrymonk-llc.thinkific.com/courses/AtoZ The A to Z Design to Finished Jewelry Course is a 10 lesson, 22 video series that takes you through creation a piece of jewelry, from concept and drawing, all the way to the completed piece of reproducible jewelry. The videos cover, in real time, all the processes from transferring your design onto a wax blank, preparing and carving the wax. Casting that wax into silver, and cleaning up the silver into a model that will be molded. Injecting wax into the mold and casting those waxes into silver. Preparing those castings with tumbling media and polishing the castings. Finally, the piece will be set with a pear shaped stone in a prong/bezel setting, and the piece of jewelry will be final polished and cleaned, ready to ship. (link below) Featured Artist of this episode is www.BethBobbittDesigns.com Hand Crafted Jewelry, Handcrafted for Unique Individuals Jewelry Tip: has to do with Mineral Oil used with Polishing Compound https://youtu.be/4A63xQcAdyg Cool Tool of the Week is a Degree Gauge: Plus lots more...... Make sure to go to www.JewelryMonk.com and see all the good stuff. Now, Let's Make something Shiny, Together. Doug

JewelryMonk Podcast Episode 18 Featuring the Release of The Jewelry Creation Method Video Course Have YOU ever been Overwhelmed by all the seemingly complicated processes that go into jewelry making? How to tackle all the concepts used in the craft? How do you GET your design or idea from your mind into jewelry…. There's Wax Carving - Casting – Model and Mold Making….. Soldering - Stone Setting - Polishing – just to name a few……and The list goes on. Have you ever wanted to take a design that is in your head and create a piece of jewelry from it, one that is repeatable? How much time could you save if you could reproduce one of your handmade designs, over and over, with the same results every time, without recreating the whole piece from scratch? Are you like me and Do you learn better by examples, rather that books or magazines? What if someone could show you a Jewelry Creation Method, The Process, The System, ……step by step, …..every detail, every concept and talk you through it all along the way….. Would that revolutionize your Jewelry Making Experience? If I could Show you how to make your jewelry ideas a reality? Would it open up new opportunities? www.JewelryMonk.com for details

016 JewelryMonk Design Contest The JewelryMonk website is promoting a Jewelry Design Contest Winner will receive their design made and a video process including: Design - layout - wax carving - casting - clean up - mold making - wax sizing - casting - tumbling - pre-polish - stone setting - final polishing. www.JewelryMonk.com/Contest1

JewelryMonk Podcast Episode 14 Featuring highlights from the book: Younger Next Year by Chris Crowley and Henry Lodge Answering Soldering Questions Prong Layout and Setting Inline Ventilation for Bench Fumes Boaty McBoatface

JewelryMonk Podcast Episode 012 Mindset, Eye Health, http://www.stevenaitchison.co.uk/blog/5-eye-exercises-to-improve-your-vision/ Torch Talk, with a Listener Question Half-Round/Flat Pliers Tool and Tip of the Week

www.JewelryMonk.com/episode10Health tips with highlights from the book Essentialism -The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeownAnswering tips on keeping track of time spent on working on a project or pieces, keeping notes about trials and errors and projects and experiments. What kind of notes should I be keeping?Texturing TalkCool Tool of the WeekMusic:Why Can't it be Christmas All Year by Rosie ThomasSanta's Lost His Mojo by Jeremy ListerEverything's Changed at Christmas But You by Drew Holcomb and the NeighborsJoy to the World by Andrew Ripp

JewelryMonk Podcast 008 Business/ Health Tip: The book "The One Thing" Questions for the week: Soldering Help JewelryMonk Tip of the Week: Making Loops As well as some fun stuff........... Cool Tool of the week: Silicon Carbide Separating Discs - Fiber Disc Quote: “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” -George Bernard Shaw

006 Jewelry Monk Podcast Health Tip:Carpal Tunnel Exercises Jewelry Tip: Rotary vs. Vibratory Tumblers comparison Cool Tool of the Week: German Chasing Hammer

JewelryMonk Episode 4 JewelryMonk Podcast Episode #4 In todays episode we will cover: · JewelryMonk Tip of the Week Pearl Posts If you make jewelry long enough, you will eventually make a piece of jewelry with a pearl or a post that will hold a glued stone to it. Here is a quick way to make sure the pearl or the stone you set will be more secure. For the whole article with pictures, visit www.JewelryMonk.com/pearlpost · Health Tip We looked at some of the pros and cons of using a "stand-up" work station · Business Tip We all have bad days in business, right? And sometimes they’re beyond just bad. We drop a ball, miss a sale, or hurt a colleague. Suddenly, we’re doubting ourselves, doubting our worth, doubting everything. What can we do when we find ourselves in places like this? Well here are a few tips from Michael Hyatt's Blog at Michael Hyatt.com excerpts from Brené Brown’s book, The Gifts of Imperfection. · Cool Tool Tip I turned 50 this year and one thing I have gotten used to is wearing "bifocals"....groan. I know, I know. So here is my "Cool Tool of the week. Bifocal Safety Glasses SB-9000 PS Clear, +2.00 The best of both worlds, safety and sight!! I will have a link to these at Amazon on JewelryMonk.com

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