There are countless tutorials, walkthroughs, and lessons out there about learning to use Linux. The variety of distributions in the Linux ecosystem is astounding and can be overwhelming to the newcomer. In this series I will try to present my…
Lately I’ve been getting back into enamel and experimenting with new techniques. Enamel will stick to sterling silver if it’s depletion gilded. A process of heating the silver repeatedly to bring the pure fine silver to the surface. Having color…
Getting a request for black or gun-metal rings reminded me how much I love to heat-treat stainless steel! It’s been a long time since I used the treatment for chainmaille. Another fun aspect of this piece was that it was…
The high fantasy genre has always been a great source of inspiration for me. I love spellcasting mages and chainmaille armor, elves and elementals. Whether in books, games, or movies it doesn’t matter. Usually when this muse inspires my jewelry it’s…
The first home server I set up was built using parts from multiple old computers. I threw in two HDD’s for my first RAID setup, then installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. The main purpose for my server is to host a file…