HOW ITS DONE

JONBER.COM HANDCRAFTED SILVER WITH GEMSTONES bracelets earrings rings pendants
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how its done by jon ber

That day I took the pictures needed out-doors using a Canon power shot S1 IS. (Since then I upgraded to S5 IS.). However I later achieved considerably better results by shooting indoors with the help of the new environmentally friendly light bulb by GM. I adjusted the mid tones with ArcSoft photo editing software, but since have moved to Adobe Photoshop element. For publishing software I’ve moved to iWeb that is hosted by .mac, I also started using RapidiWeaver by Realmac to publish my main website www.jonber.com. Both are delightful, completing and complimenting seamless, publishing experience.

A Silver cost The price of silver changes daily, today (July 19th 2005) at 6.94 an ounce, or 25 cents per gram. (update August 29, 2006) the price of silver:$12.23 an ounce. Currently, June 2008, hoovers around $17.50

B Gemstone cost Each gemstone has a different rate that is measured by Carats. (1 gram = 5 carats.)

C Labor cost Master silversmith cost accounts for some 20 to 40 percent on top of silver and gemstones costs.

D Shipping cost From India to North Carolina and then to your shop door, accounts for some five percent of the total production price.

Then the Indian customs papers were filled. Next the packages were taken to the Main post office and sent by Speed Mail ( the equivalent of the US post Global Express.)

Five days later the US postal service delivered it to my door in rural North Carolina, USA. Couple of weeks later, the ready earrings and pendants went back to Pawan for inspection and packaging.

Then the Indian customs papers were filled. Next the packages were taken to the Main post office and sent by Speed Mail ( the equivalent of the US post Global Express.) Five days later the US postal service delivered it to my door in rural North Carolina.

TRANSPARENCY: I designed the silver jewelry collection by drawing it in my home office in the North Carolina, USA and published it on the web immediately. It included specifications of quantities, gemstones choice, dimensions packing and labeling instructions. My regular rumbling about the importance of quality workmanship and final inspection, were inevitable.

Brutal streets reality demands be the cheapest or your children won't be eating tonight. I was lucky to afford investing few more Rupees in labor cost. This will make all the difference in the world for hundreds of master silversmith who will be allowed the time to perform their best and developed their skills. It will have an

Next a 15 kilo silver bullion was acquired by Pawan in Jaipur, Rajastan, and the gemstones arrived promptly from suppliers located at the joining allies of Evergreen market. It is the largest hand stone cutting and hand crafted jewelry creation and trading post on Earth. From Diamonds to Agate Carat to kilo, Platinum to bronze everything sells by weight.

By evening time our Master Silversmith friends where invited to discuss the new styles with Pawan at the shop in the heart of Evergreen. I imagine them watching the pictures on the computer with some skepticism. Most probably needed few Chai (Hindi for tea to digest the new styles.. Perhaps they were tilting their head from side to side in a movement the means: "This crazy man. I don't know what inside his mind going?"

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