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Category Archives: Business
Bead Stringers, What’s Wrong with this Picture?
Professional Pearl and Bead Stringers will instantly know what wrong with this picture. And, our reaction is the same “WHAT???!??” we experience in high end department or jewelry stores when we see jewelry with similar issues…which all too often we … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Gemstones, Manufacturing Tips
Tagged antique jewelry knots
Yurman’s New Book has Real Lesson for Professional Pearl and Bead Stringers
Jewelry designer David Yurman evokes a number of reactions from his peers, including admiration, contempt and jealousy. The last is certainly understandable if not especially admirable. Yurman is one of the very, very few “artist” jewelers who have managed to … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Jewelry Design, Jewelry History, Sales
Tagged David Yurman, jewelry marketing
Even Unintentional Deception is Still Fraud
The other day I was talking to a man who has visited the public sections at the big winter gem show in Tucson. While I was chatting with him, his wife wandered over and when she discovered the topic of … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Jewelry Design, Sales
Tagged fraud, trade
“Natural” Baltic Amber Teething Necklaces
I am re-printing material here I developed in connection with another project. You may be approached for an opinion on the necklaces and/or you may be asked to manufacture one. I’m also posting the following as a downloadable pdf if … Continue reading
Posted in Business
Tagged Amber, Baltic Amber, Baltic Amber teething necklace, teethers, teething
Know Your Materials
Rob Bates, the news director of JCK, a leading trade publication recently wrote an article entitled “Jewelry is About Craft. We should tell Consumers.” His point is that manufacturers should take the time to tell retailers what goes into the … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Jewelry Design, Sales
Tagged gemstones, raw materials, sales, unfamiliar gemstones
Your Imagination and the New Year
Although I know that starting the New Year isn’t really a clean slate, it always feels like one, and it’s a good time to set goals and plan for a productive year. As a manufacturer of jewelry, you should have … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Jewelry Design, Reference
Tagged craft shows, jewelry books, jewelry design, trade shows
Technology and Organic Gemstones: An Uneasy Marriage?
I’m all for new technology. I may be dating myself, but when I went to graduate school, I was considered lucky because I owned an electric typewriter. Obviously, I don’t embrace all the new systems and platforms available to us…who … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Fashion, Jewelry Design, Pearls
Tagged carved pearls, Galatea Jewelry, NFC technology, pearls
Protect Yourself & Your Client
A young relative of mine became engaged recently. Her mother, my sister, gave her an eternity band which had belonged to her husband’s mother. I’m not trying to confuse you with relatives. I looked at the ring years ago under … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Gemstones
Tagged jewelry repair, pearl and bead stringing, restringing jewelry, take-in procedures
Price and Value Tension
(Note: Yesterday I rather casually tossed off a suggestion to beaders that was criticized by one artist. In the following, I hope to clarity my thinking and meaning.) Beading, the technique of using complex stitches and tiny seed beads to … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Jewelry Design, Sales
Tagged art jewelry, beaders, beading, pricing work
Beading and Value
Artfix Daily has posted a terrific column about the upcoming Fine Craft Show at the Brooklyn Museum, November 22-23. Although the article is ostensibly about the show, its real value is that it briefly reviews the work of some of … Continue reading