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This last couple of days I’ve been buying a lot of new supplies for my workshop.. if any jewelers read this post you can see how I move in baby steps..

I live in a country where is almost impossible to find this stuff.. so It’s VERY complicated..

I needed a metal ring sizer really badly..

 A dapping cube and the punch set.. for my fountains!!! and cups of teas and all pretty round stufff… (hot air baloons coming soon)

This half round file is impossible to find in the country and was the only file i was missing!

I feel so good little by little i can manage to make things at home and well now i can focus just in this.. working your butt of pays you can get pretty new things…

The other batch of things I’ll show in another post now I’m off to class

Yeeee I’m currently learning to set stones and it’s hard, I guess it takes a bit to get the hold of it but uff.. and well here are my first 2 attempts:

I might be crossed eyed pretty soon , but happy, and well eventually in some time I’ll have to learn this..   

Well I was making a ring the other day, but during class it was a request from someone and honestly well I’ve been at this for 5 months I’m not a jeweler yet and some things leave me clueless..

I had a request for a ring and I took the request to my teacher to see how it could be done, and I started and spent hours and hours trying to get through it and then my teacher told me about why we have to have our place.

So this is the situation if someone asks me for a piece and if it’s so time consuming that I’ll leave personal projects behind, then is just not a good idea.

I told that person that I was not going to able to make the ring for her yet, and there was no problem, and then I made me this..

If you make piece and that person wants one with a variation, wants the piece, wants one like it.. it’s good. But if someone tells me what to do how to do it.. then where do I put my personality on it ? Where is my touch? That thing that says I made it. These includes replicas, some people even get pictures of others people’s designs and say : “ I want this”

This is a ring I’m wearing daily with my version of a lotus flower, the ring is to remind me to work on my ideas and to try to keep it an art, personal, even if I make less money.

I’m happy to clear my brain..

It’s beautiful can’t say more..

                                                                  (From foto_decadent)

… I can make it I just don’t have the time!!! grr… for now I’ll just stare at it and drool for a little bit..

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 The Little  Giant Girl

Don’t know how far has this been around the internet but I found it today and it’s one of the greatest things I have seen in a while.

So much hope..

And if you are a girl and you are reading this.. Honest.. have you ever been in a situation where you would give anything to be able to do more than screaming to a stranger  who disrespected you..????? WELL I HAVE…

 So yesterday we were  having A drink before going to a friend’s bday party, and a kick bboxing competition was on TV some people found it terrible and violent.. some others like ” Damnn that’s cool.”

In a world were one could choose skills, I’d probably would like to be strong.. I’m damn weak and have nothing to do about it..I’m 100 pounds and 5′4..

Even hammering metal sometimes is so so hard.. carrying machines around is so bad..

Then they come.. those situations where you just wish you could go nuts on a person and make them shut up..

Yesterday thinking about it and Natural born killers came to mind…Mallory Knox.

And GOD knows I’m very calm, don’t support violence, I support more an argument with facts..BUT.. If you have a look at this you will know what I mean..

That must feel so good ( until the killing shooting bloody parts :P)! Love this movie by the way.. hahaa..

but then again I wonder.. If I actually could fight people.. I probably would be getting into fights all the time..” WHY YOU BE BLINKING AT MEEEEEEEEE!!!!!! “… and then grab your socks and tie them Rambo style do a triple flying Van Damme style kick and run behind the guy, get him kick him scratch him, balance him on the air, bite him,make him iron my clothes, then sit on top of him and say ” MAN SAY YOU GONNA TREAT LADIES RIGHT AND THAT MY BAG IT’S PRETTY!!!!!!! ” ahahaha (I’m not that extreme :D, but I’d be fun)

So I’ll stick to wishing, and will avoid any sort of lessons of Jujitsu, Tae kwon do, Judo, Kick boxing, Self defense, Sumo, Aikido, Boxing, Karate,Kung fu, Sushi ,Tai Chi Chuan, Muay Thai, Shukokai etc etc etc

(unless it’s the guy that stole my camera)

That’s all I’m gonna say..

By far my Louise Lecavalier is my favorite dancer, she just has so much personality, strength and image .. besides an incredible talent…

 You can see the other version here..http://youtube.com/watch?v=8q876pJ0tWE