F*** Ya Jewelry Student Raccoon

Why Raccoon?

Always washes hands
Forages for leftover food
Not territorial and are quite happy to share their area with other raccoons, unless resources are limited
Intelligent, curious animals
Young raccoons can make friendly, affectionate pets, but as they grow older, they can become dangerous and cause serious damage in a home
Females share a common area and occasionally meet at feeding or resting grounds
Males often form loose male social groups to maintain their position. Such a group does not usually consist of more than four individuals

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bench blindness

When you have so many things out on your bench that you visually lose the thing you need amidst the clutter.
As is often the case, the thing you have supposedly lost has been in front of you the entire time, in the most obvious position.

In the past twenty years I have learned some things about jewelers, one is that in general jewelers are not designers, they are not designing the way designers do. Apart from some exceptions to the rule, jewelers are do-ers but slow do-ers, makers but slow makers, finders, people trying out, doing things over and over again, people who want to know everything about the materials they use. Jewelers are material-boys-and-girls. But it doesn’t need to stay like this forever – perhaps now is the time to focus on the market as well, to capitalize your talents – your excellent knowledge of materials, forms and techniques, your capability to work with precious materials. If some succeed in this, others can do it as well.

—Den Besten

murderedbythesefuckingairwaves asked: HEY! I love this blog! I swear that I might as well have a bed in the studio... projects require 24 hour attention... and then it closes. Then it's Monday morning and it's "Oh hai professor... yea, about that piece..." Hope your semester went well and you made awesome things. <3

Hey there! Thanks for the love!
We have plotted ways to just sleep under our benches but to no avail. Time, we have an unfortunately inadequate amount.
The semester definitely went well and we had some amazing pieces come out of it. Thanks for taking time out of your day/night to come say hello!