{"id":371,"date":"2008-12-01T21:43:26","date_gmt":"2008-12-02T03:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/cosmicfolklore\/2008\/12\/01\/hello-world-2\/"},"modified":"2008-12-01T21:43:26","modified_gmt":"2008-12-02T03:43:26","slug":"hello-world-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/cosmicfolklore\/2008\/12\/01\/hello-world-2\/","title":{"rendered":"1st Post and Catching Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium\">I<\/span><\/strong> have been a lurker here on Ganoksin for several years, and lately I have been enjoying reading your blogs.  I have other blogs that I keep up with at <a href=\"http:\/\/myspace.com\/reddog272%22\">MySpace<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/cosmicfolklore.deviantart.com\/\">Deviant Arts<\/a>. But, I am looking forward to sharing my more technical explorations in metal and stones here on this blog.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium\"> I<\/span><\/strong> am not a traditional bench jeweler by any means. I am trained as an artist, and I am a high school graphic design and photography teacher. But, almost every free moment outside of the classroom, I am at the bench. I refuse repair work, and my work is only found in galleries; this frees me up to concentrate on just making what I want to make.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium\">H<\/span><\/strong>ere are a few examples of what I have been doing. I have been perfecting my skills in<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.myheap.com\/book\/chapter-08A\/steamcasting.php\">steam casting<\/a> lately, so my next post will include a bit about this ancient, efficient, effective, cheap, and low-tech casting procedure that produces results that rival centrifugal and vacuum casting.<\/p>\n<p>I hope you enjoy :o)<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/th07.deviantart.com\/fs38\/300W\/f\/2008\/321\/1\/0\/Citirine_Dreamer_Pendant_by_CosmicFolklore.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Citrine Dreamer<\/strong><\/em>: Sterling silver, copper, 99.9 silver, citrine,<br \/>\nsugilite.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/th08.deviantart.com\/fs38\/300W\/f\/2008\/321\/8\/1\/Ouroboros_Ring_by_CosmicFolklore.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"498\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Ouroboros Ring<\/strong><\/em>: sterling silver and 2 amethysts. Size 7.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/fc51.deviantart.com\/fs33\/f\/2008\/307\/8\/7\/Ouroboros_in_8_Revisited_by_CosmicFolklore.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"441\" height=\"312\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Ouroboros in 8 Revisited<\/em><\/strong>; sterling silver, copper, sodalite.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/fc78.deviantart.com\/fs36\/i\/2008\/252\/1\/d\/Oddity_Number_7_Pendant_by_CosmicFolklore.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"331\" height=\"497\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Oddity Number 7<\/strong><\/em>; Sterling silver, silver, 14k gold, copper,<br \/>\nPeruvian turquoise, and sugilite<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/fc17.deviantart.com\/fs31\/f\/2008\/217\/4\/b\/Plato__s_Ring_Necklace_by_CosmicFolklore.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"393\" height=\"609\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Plato&#8217;s Ring<\/strong><\/em>: Sterling silver, copper, lapis, opal, gembone, and<br \/>\nfaceted gemstone beads.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">And, many, many more&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been a lurker here on Ganoksin for several years, and lately I have been enjoying reading your blogs. I have other blogs that I keep up with at MySpace and Deviant Arts. But, I am looking forward to sharing my more technical explorations in metal and stones here on this blog. I am [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/cosmicfolklore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/cosmicfolklore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/cosmicfolklore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/cosmicfolklore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/92"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/cosmicfolklore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=371"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/cosmicfolklore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8,"href":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/cosmicfolklore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371\/revisions\/8"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/cosmicfolklore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/cosmicfolklore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/cosmicfolklore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}