There is no such thing as “scrap”. That’s my opening gambit for how to make a small independent jewelry company pay off well enough to keep you off the welfare rolls for as long as you can produce fine jewelry at a moment’s notice, and with my Method, you’ll be able to turn out splendid product for as long as you can still move your fingers.
“Scrap” is a headspace, a concept of waste mismanagement that can’t survive for very long in a jewelry studio, simply because it’s just too doggone expensive. You need to learn how to conserve energy in the form of effort, but also in the form of gold, silver, copper and gemstones. Continue reading
