Silver By James

Welcome

The silver I work with is .999+ pure fine silver. I am also inspired by wood, stone and other "organic" mediums. I use only the highest quality components and positive energy. Each of my silver items are fire melted and poured in hand made, one time use molds that I painstakingly create for each piece. I then form each item with my fingers and emotion as if I were to keep it myself and pass it down to my children. I embrace the luxury of people liking my pieces enough to purchase them. This has become a necessary labor of love in supporting our family. I will share some of the results here. Visit the links to see recent examples.

Silver Turtle with turquoise and red coral.

This silver turtle is inlayed with over 200 small stones. The turtle was very difficult to cast and shape. I did the inlay under a 20x microscope. I crushed the stones personally to the approximate size then picked out the specific stones that would fit in like little puzzle pieces. This took about fourteen hours to make.

Silver Angel in Cedar and Crushed Opal

This is a silver angel I cast into an ingot about the size of two nickels stacked. I then carved a small bowl from a piece of cedar branch to countersink the ingot exactly. I then inset the angel ingot into the cedar bowl. I proceeded to surround it in crushed opal and finally sealed it all in crystal clear jewelers cement. Hard to see the depth in the photo.

Silver arrowhead cast from real arrowhead.

This is cast from an arrowhead I found in the mountains of North Carolina. I really love the way the silver reflects from all the odd angled surfaces. This was tricky to make as I needed to retain the contrasting tooling marks during the shaping and polishing process. Making the one time use mold justifies a whole blog in itself.

My Offerings

I can create an item from silver by your request and some imagination. I also write custom code for database interfacing, websites, lead gathering or whatever you can imagine. As a photographer and graphic designer, my organic approach is adhered to without compromise. As an author well, that will be for you to decide.

LAMP Developer

I wrote my first piece of code in the early '70's. I have been writing professionally since the late '80's. The database for BoatsFSBO.com is one of my latest works and receives 100,000 plus queries a day. I manage a few servers and can get your dot com up in hours. I am also an S.E.O. specialist to the tenth power. So, if you need a custom code solution or website, I will provide one for you at quite a reasonable rate. Google pays well too. Need Pro Web Hosting? Visit my Hosting Page.

Hand Made Silver and Organic Jewelry

I attended the Dayton Art Institute in the early '70's. I was very inspired by the theater and arts. My parents really stepped up to the plate. Lacking a stage presence, I became an engineer and toolmaker for most of my life which, did help scratch my creative itch but, I have now been removed from the corporate world and I still need to scratch! Creating meaningful items from the "materials" around me has always been quite satisfying.

Writer

I have written two books and I never pursued publishing. Really was not a priority however, I did submit a section to a contest and I won an award. Supposedly it's published in a book series that is a repository of unknown poets. I still have yet to get a copy. I seemingly have received acknowledgement but, don't yet control the monetary resources to pursue traditional publishing so, I plan to publish it all right here folks.

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Posted by: James | on November 29, 2014

Inch to Millimeter

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Posted by: James | on November 29, 2014

AWG to Inch Conversion

Convert AWG (American Wire Gauge) to Inches AWG INCHES AWG INCHES 4/0 0.46000 20 0.03200 3/0 0.40960 21 0.02850 2/0 0.36480 22 0.02530 1/0 0.32490 23 0.02260 1 0.28930 24 0.02010 2 0.25760 25 0.01790 3 0.22940 26 0.01590 4 0.20430 27 0.01420 5 0.18190 28 0.01260 6 0.16200 29Read More…

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Posted by: James | on November 24, 2014

Pricing and Cost

Why does this item cost “this”? How do you determine your price? Negotiable? First, for a comparison basis, browse sterling pendants online where you can find the cheapest ones like k-mart. You will find a 1.6 gram 3/4″ diameter (supposed .925 silver) mass produced Saint Christopher pendant there for thirtyRead More…

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Posted by: James | on November 24, 2014

Turtle #4

This is almost completed.

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Posted by: James | on November 23, 2014

Turtle For Sale

I will be making another today 11/29/2014. You may pre-order if you want. Just use my contact form and mention the item you wish to pre-order. SOLD I just completed this today. I am offering it for sale. I will post more pictures, details. Price is $80 cheap. This isRead More…

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Posted by: James | on November 22, 2014

About

When I was young I had a very short experience at the Dayton Art Institute. I attended for a few months in a class for “gifted” children. I was amazed at the talent of the people around me and to me their offerings dwarfed any talents I retained. I didRead More…

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Posted by: James | on November 21, 2014

Photography

Silver is very difficult to photograph. Especially when flat like a guitar pick. I have a great camera that I purchased just for the best close up macro on the market. I also have two photo tents and multiple backdrops. My lighting is two daylight spiral florescent bulbs in fixturesRead More…

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