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[afmetalsmith]

I am now officially one of the Big Boys in jewelry making (heh)- I now have a Stuller account! I haven't really needed one before; my work and their products don't have a lot of overlap, so I hadn't seen the need.

But lately, I have heard tell that one of their nickel-bearing white gold alloys has both reasonable working properties and a nice white color! So I did the work to set up an account and buy some mill products made of it, so I can see whether it's something I can possibly use.

I am planning on making both a Mobius ring and some filigree out of it- both uses that require reasonable malleability in order not to drive the maker mad. I will report back on my results, but I'm excited about the experiments!

It won't get rid of one of my concerns about nickel white gold- that of nickel being an allergen. Still, I do get requests from people who arent; concerned about that but who do want a nice white color, and this would fill that gap. If it works OK.

ETA (Edited to Add): I neglected to mention the HUGE number of catalogs Stuller sent me. Yikes! I joked with my husband that his "box of bricks" had arrived, since it was raining and I hadn't really looked at the sender- just noticed that the box weighed a TON. Wow, though! Catalogs of everything I can imagine. It will be fun to peruse them in my off-hours.

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[fub.livejournal.com]

I dislike huge paper catalogues. They're too big to comfortably handle, it is often hard to find that one thing you're looking for, and if you do, there's not schematic or photo to tell you that this is really the thing you need.
I prefer online catalogues myself.

[afmetalsmith.livejournal.com]

Interesting! because I LIKE paper catalogs. I like to page through them, and find stuff serendipitously that I didn't know I wanted, but that I might, or that gives me ideas. Online browsing is fabulous when I KNOW what I want- but less good for ideas and inspiration, at least for me.