ZOOMSHOP – Egyptian Faience Earrings

March 25, 2015Uncategorizedancient, egyptian, ejgold, faience, gorby, gorebagg, jal, jewelry, limited edition, zoomshopgorebagg

Your Genuine Ancient Egyptian 26th Dynasty Tube Bead Copper Earring Set is strictly limited. Your set is one of only 35 sets total, made from this hoard of totally authentic guaranteed genuine ancient Egyptian Faience Tube Beads and modern copper.

PLEASE NOTE: Ancient Faience Tube Beads are DELICATE. They cannot be subjected to pressure, and are subject to damage from water, mis-handling and other environmental accidents. In this Project, you learn to deal with the fact that these ancient ceramic beads are very, very delicate and must be handled and worn with care. Continue reading →

ZOOMSHOP – Powerful Radio Crystal Earrings

March 23, 2015Uncategorizedejgold, gorby, gorebagg, jal, reincarnation, zoomshopgorebagg

LeslieAnn listening to her crystal radio set back in the early days of radio on Planet Urth.

This is the most powerful ancient style Copper Earring Set you’ll ever buy. Here’s what you should have received in your kit — check each item off this list to make sure you have everything you’re supposed to have in the kit:

Two Rough Uncut Radio Crystal Beads in a separate ziplock bag.
Four copper “donut” beads.
Four fancy faceted copper beads.
One ziplock bag with FOUR 6″ long .20 gauge copper wires from which you’ll make the hand-made ear-wires, the crowning touch of a fine set of ancient style earrings.
One ziplock bag with TEN 1 1/2″-2″ .20 gauge copper wires to be made into paddles.
One ziplock bag with TWO French-Style gold-color SURGICAL STEEL earwires.

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ZOOMSHOP – Sumerian Bead Earrings

March 19, 2015Uncategorizedearrings, ejgold, gorby, gorebagg, jewel, project, steatite, sumer, sumerian project, zoomshopgorebagg

Toni sells jewelry at the group’s Copper & Silver Boutique in West Hollywood.

This is your most basic STERLING SILVER earring kit, the Sumerian Steatite Earring Set. Here’s what you should have received in your kit, each packaged in its own zip-lock baggie, tagged for quick identification — check each item off this list to make sure you have everything you’re supposed to have in the kit:

Four Whitish Sumerian Steatite beads. These came originally from the Susa at Uruk, the main city of ancient Sumer, and were legally and openly brought into the United States prior to 1964, the year when I obtained them from Joe Rose at Superior Stamp & Coin in New York City. Joe was a longtime friend and a very responsible and honest antiquity dealer — that’s not at all rare in the profession — these are amazing and magical beads; almost all of them were intact, and among the steatite beads, I found Carnelian, Jasper, Hematite and Lodestone, among other variants. The white steatite stone-carved beads were made around 4500 B.C. out of flat-cut stone, hand-rubbed and rolled on flat rocks to burnish them down into flattish rounds after drilling the hole in the center with a bow-drill, which is still used in some parts of the world today. Absolutely Guaranteed Authentic 6,000 year-old ancient beads.
Four 3mm modern factory-made .925 sterling silver “spacer” beads.
Four 6mm handmade modern .999 fine silver Bali style fancy spacer beads.
One labeled package containing 12 modern .925 sterling silver wires, about 1″-1.5″ (30mm – 40mm) long, ready for clipping & bending.
One labeled package containing 2 modern .925 sterling silver .22 gauge wires, about 4″, or 100mm long, to form the Core Wires.
One labeled package containing 2 modern .925 sterling silver .20 gauge silver wires, about 4″, or 100 mm long, from which you’ll make the hand-made ear-wires, the crowning touch of a fine set of ancient style earrings.

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ZOOMSHOP – Egyptian Broadcollar

March 15, 2015Uncategorizedbroad, broadcollar, bronze, copper, design, drops, egyptian, ejgold, gem, gold, gorbagg, gorby, jewel, necklace, silver, tube beads, zoomshopgorebagg

Start with a 6″ length of .22 gauge wire and make a loop at the bottom.

Start with a straight 6″ length of .22 gauge wire, and make a loop at the bottom, as shown. Continue reading →

ZOOMSHOP – Ashanti Hoop & Drop Earrings

March 15, 2015Uncategorizedbronze, circle, copper, earrings, ejgold, gold, gorby, gorebagg, hoops, jal, jewel, silver, zoomshopgorebagg

Start with a piece of straight .14 gauge silver or .16 gauge copper wire. With your fingers only, bend the wire into a circle with a small gap between the ends, about 6mm apart, roughly 1/4″ of space between the ends of the wire. Continue reading →

ZOOMSHOP – Make a Celtic Spiral

March 15, 2015Uncategorizedbronze, celtic, copper, ejold, gold, gorby, gorebagg, jewel, silver, spiral, zoomshopgorebagg

Start winding your spirals at the BOTTOM of the wire, not the top. You will put a hanging loop at the top later on, but NOT NOW.

Take hold of the wire GENTLY with your needlenose pliers, and slowly and gently COAX the wire into a spiral shape by moving it SIDEWAYS to form the first spiral. Continue reading →

ZOOMSHOP – Royal Hellenistic Earrings

March 14, 2015Uncategorizedancient, bronze, ejgold, gem, gold, gorby, gorebagg, greek, hellenic, hellenistic, jal, jewel, silver, stone age, zoomshopgorebagg

Start out with a 6″ straight .22 or .24 gauge wire.

The first choice comes when you select two stones for your Hellenistic earrings. Try the .22 gauge wire first. Gently push the wire through the drill-hole in the bead to see if it will work. If EITHER bead is reluctant to accept the .22 gauge wire, switch to the much thinner .24 gauge wire.

The Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, Sumerians and Babylonians were incredible builders and engineers. This earring depends upon a bridge-engineering discovery they made many tens of thousands of years ago, that translates into bead technology as: a vertical wire will support a bead better than a horizontal wire. Continue reading →

ZOOMSHOP – Iron-Age Pendant

March 13, 2015Uncategorizedejgold, gorby, gorebagg, iron age, jal, jewel, paleo, pendant, reincarnation, zoomshopgorebagg

Pendants are built from a single piece of wire.

It’s easy to make a pendant from a single piece of wire. Later, we’ll see how to use several pieces of differing dimensions to create a more complex form, but here’s the simple solution to a real Iron-Age Pendant.

Start with a 6 inch length of .12 gauge or .14 gauge wire.

With your needlenose pliers, gently COAX the wire into a nice, wide loop, big enough inside to accommodate not merely a chain, but the clasp of a chain as well. Like I said, big, roomy, lots of space in there. Continue reading →

ZOOMSHOP – How to Make an Ear Wire

March 13, 2015Uncategorizedear wire, earring, ejgold, gorby, gorebagg, jal, jewelry, zoomshopgorebagg

It’s so incredibly easy to make your own solid sterling silver or gold-filled earwires, so why not? And they make your earrings look great! There’s nothing like hand-crafted earwires to really make people sit up and take notice, and I’m NOT kidding! Continue reading →

ZOOMSHOP – Paleo Neolithic Ring

March 13, 2015Uncategorizedejgold, gorby, gorebagg, jal, jewelry, paleo, ring, stone age, zoomshopgorebagg

Studying actual ancient gold jewelry to understand how simple techniques can achieve powerful results.

Jewelers in ancient times had various tools available to them, depending upon the culture, the level of culture, the opportunities available to them or to their friends and families, but mostly it rested upon the traditions passed on through the generations.

Jewelers today have the same practices — many secrets are guarded and passed on only from father to son, mother to daughter, aunt or uncle to nieces & nephews. In short, they trust only family with these secrets.

I’ve never subscribed to that tradition. Continue reading →