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Our First Giveaway!
Well hello beautiful people! Big news: CraftyFingas Academy is hosting its very first giveaway, and we couldn't be more excited to kick this off with you all. The Prize: Winner's choice of either: A $50 gift card to Rio Grande (stock up on your wire, stones, or tools), OR A gem parcel valued at $50–$100 from our personal collection of stones picked just for you. When: This giveaway runs through the end of August, with the winner announced right here in the community. How to Enter: It's simple, just comment below, and you're automatically entered! That's it. One comment, one entry, no extra hoops to jump through. [This giveaway is limited to 1 entry per person] Comment: comment what you would choose and how it would help you. Winner will be randomly selected and announced at the end of the month. Can't wait to celebrate with one of you soon!
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The Micro Challenge
Week One: CraftyFingas Academy's First Official Challenge The Concept: Pick something you already know how to make - a coil, a gem setting, a component, even a full pendant. And now make it smaller! Smaller wire. Tighter settings. Less room for error. That's it. That's the whole challenge. Why This Works: When you shrink the scale, you can't hide behind sloppy technique; every wrap, every tuck, every transition has to be more precise just to physically fit. Making it smaller forces your hands to slow down and your eyes to pay attention to details you'd normally skate past at a bigger scale. This is how you build real muscle memory and finer motor control, not by doing more of the same size, but by doing it smaller and cleaner. How to Participate: Comment "I'm in!" below Pick your component: coil, setting, link, pendant, whatever challenges you Share your starting piece (or your "usual size" for reference) Post your progress through the week, or just once at the end of the week, Works in Progress (WIPs) count, not just finished pieces Help at least one other person in the thread feedback, encouragement, or just hype Timeline: One week, starting today. The Only Rule: No judgment on where you're starting from. A "smaller" version of your first-ever coil is just as valid as a jeweler's-scale masterpiece. This is about your growth, not comparison to anyone else's.
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Where ya at?
Ok, so i k own we have the map where ppl can drop a pin but its so impersonal... have to click the pin to see who and were... I figured as "us" the OG, starting crew would benifit more to have a thread where we can see a face and location... Me, im from cambridge/KW... a city thats an hour away from Toronto in Ontario, Canada... Where are you from?
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Micro challenge.......but not.
So, I didn't end up actually doing the micro challenge this week because sometimes when creativity sparks you have to just jump on the moment. I rarely feel personally creative so I had to just go with it. I have to be honest, my OCD bothers me when I see pendants that the back doesn't match the front. I'm coming to understand more that the way framing works with some of the more complex pieces that have multiple attachments that hiding the back just kind of isn't possible really. However my brain wouldn't let go of the matching front and back so I created this instead. This is an Oregon Sunstone with an Augite accent on the bail. I used copper and created two separate pieces that I then wired together. This is 20g base wire, 26g weave wire and 32g wire to bring it all together. What I didn't take into account is that two separate pieces, one with three base wires and the other with four, gives you 14 total base wires to deal with once it's all wired together and the stone is in place. This became a exercise in taking it very slow, backing up when I needed to, and in the end I clipped off a few of the base wires ends and hid them behind the wires that wrap around the base of the bail. The only part I don't really like about this piece are the wires that wrap around the bail. I couldn't get them to lay straight and flat against each other no matter what I did, this is the one part where I finally just said forget it and moved on. To fit with the micro theme, this is one of the smaller pendants I've ever made. It's about 2 inches in diameter, I have big fingers so I typically tend to work in the 3 inch range. It's not the smallest I'm shooting for, but it is one of my smaller pieces.
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