Journal

Notes from the workshop.

Occasional writing about materials, making, and how to buy jewellery without being sold to.

How to tell real silver from everything else

Four tests you can do in a shop, in under a minute, without any equipment.

Plating is cheaper, faster, and looks identical for about seven months. That last part is the problem.

An argument against the stack, from a company that would make more money if you built one.

Most people order one size too large. Here is the two-minute method that fixes it.