Cannabis Goldsmith - A Show About Art and Design

It's September and that means Sapphires! In this episode I talk about using Sapphires in jewelry design and my own experience finding an exquisite Fancy Sapphire on a treasure hunt in the Indian Ocean. Mentioned: GIA information on Sapphire: https://www.gia.edu/sapphire TRIBE - The World's Luxury Cannabis Jeweler https://tribe.ca The Cannabis Goldsmith is an Art & Design podcast produc...

Photographing shiny objects like jewelry is hard. Giving the photographs a brand vibe is even harder. Your brand's public facing photography needs to match your own brand, not Shopify's, or whoever designed your web site. Some good and bad examples of jewelry photography online: Buccellati is still using real photography on their site and it is quite good. The vibe here is quiet profession...

Anxiety and Imagination are closely related. Our huge artist and designer imaginations predispose us to anxiety. But the answer to anxiety may be in our own art, and by producing our art we can tame anxiety. In this episode I describe how I deal with my own anxiety, where I think it came from, and how I manage it with art, design, or physical activity. Mentioned: TRIBE - The World's Luxury Can...

What is luxury anyway? Is luxury real? Or is it just a word invented by ad men to sell you more expensive products? Let's get to the root of luxury, so we can identify true luxury, in any category. Mentioned: Suzanne Belperron https://www.townandcountrymag.com/style/jewelry-and-watches/a27888020/suzanne-belperron-behind-the-scenes-sothebys/ TRIBE - The World's Luxury Cannabis Jeweler https...

It's my company's 30th Anniversary! On August 15, 1993 I launched TRIBE as a monthly magazine about DJ Culture and Electronic Music in Canada. TRIBE grew and later became the bible of a massive rave and house music scene, sewing the seeds for Canada's hip hop and house music landscape as it exists today. In this episode I go back to 1993 and describe what Toronto was like, why I launch...

This week, DJ David Morales was in London and wanted to go shopping in the Cartier store on Bond Street. Cartier wouldn't let him in, even though he's a customer and was even wearing one of their expensive bracelets at the time. He posted about this on his Instagram, which is how it came to my attention. Where do I even start... I think Cartier’s treatment of David Morales was unacceptable...

Are you trapped in meaningless social media whirlpools when you should be marketing your art or designs? Does social medial have any real value for an artist or designer, or does it just feel that way? See our amazing jewelry designs at https://tribe.ca We are the World's Luxury Cannabis Jeweler. Wear The Plant, alexd xo

There are 3 plants left now and they are in full veg! I consider tuning and focusing the brand's marketing channels to connect with new customers in new ways. See what we do at https://tribe.ca Tribe is the world's luxury cannabis jeweler. Proudly Canadian :)

How jewelry designers use lasers. Christmas in July! Completing 2 new adjustable ring designs for the holiday season, chilling with bunnies, vacuum pumps, other topics. TRIBE is the world's luxury cannabis jeweler. See what we do at: https://tribe.ca The cannabis goldsmith podcast is produced by TRIBE COMMUNICATIONS INC. in Ontario, Canada.

Exploring the design process around our new, adjustable, cannabis leaf rings that will soon be available for custom order for Christmas in Sterling Silver, 14K or 18K Yellow Golds. I talk about the challenges of capturing the features of delicate new live cannabis leaves to transmute into fine precious metal rings for the Christmas Season. See what we do at https://tribe.ca The Cannabis Goldsmith...

Are synthetic diamonds for real? Find out in this episode. Great info on synthetic diamonds and how they're made: https://www.gia.edu/hpht-and-cvd-diamond-growth-processes#item-0 CVD grown 50.25 "Shirpa" diamond: https://www.jckonline.com/editorial-article/igi-largest-multi-colored-lab-grown/ What I make: TRIBE is the world's luxury cannabis jeweler! See our precious metal jewelr...

Diamonds may be forever but time is coming for them, hard. Machines are making diamonds at over 50 carats now, without AI! Sanctions against Russian diamonds will be coming in January, but can you even distinguish Russian diamonds from other diamonds? Will Spacecode save us? Read: U.S. Crackdown on Russian Diamonds Expected to Start Jan 1 https://www.jckonline.com/editorial-article/u-s-crackdown-r...

Dealing with artists can be a challenge, whether it's your partner, your boss or your 4 year old. Want us to make you a magnificent piece of jewelry? https://tribe.ca/ Worth Watching: Forced Perspective: The Art and Life of Derek Hess (2015)

Failure is the most important part of anything! Failure IS an option! This episode is about how to have a successful relationship with failure so you can fail your way to success. See our amazing jewelry products cast in precious metals from live cannabis plants at https://tribe.ca This podcast, and all our products, are proudly Made in Canada.

In this episode I talk about what podcasting means and how we are using it to create a different kind of culture/art show in the podcast-o-sphere. Topics include: How to start your own podcast, learn how to podcast in 10 minutes flat, podcast gear essentials. I describe what's happening with a plant in the ground here in Canada and how it might be good for this year's jewelry designs. See...

I went to Ottawa and got inspired in the Hall of Remembrance. I talk abut how design inspiration can come from anywhere, and does. See what I design at https://tribe.ca

What are magazines anyway? What is publishing? See what we do at TRIBE, we're the World's Luxury Cannabis Jewelers. See what we do at https://tribe.ca

In this episode I talk about the 'vibe' of jewelry and discuss using organic materials like tusk in jewelry design. See what we do at https://tribe.ca Thanks for listening! alexd

Why does that official photograph of King Charles III and Queen Camilla look so strange? In this episode we talk about The Great Star of Africa, the bling of Empire, the massive diamond in the Sovereign Scepter with Cross in the crown jewels. See what we do at https://tribe.ca Want tribe to make you something amazing mind blowing? Reach out alexd@cannabisgoldsmith.com © 2023 TRIBE COMMUNICATIONS I...

I design from my own life experience. You’ve probably heard the story of TRIBE. How we launched in 1993 as a DJ culture magazine and rocked it for well over a decade, giving birth to Canada's electronic music scene. But before that, I was a club and after hours party DJ. From 1979-1986, that time when Disco was fading and House music was rising. I’ve been at hip hop street jams, underground ra...

Gemstones have physical and perhaps even spiritual characteristics. Here's an overview of how jewelry designers consider gemstones and how we think about them at Tribe. Well go into deep detail about individual gemstone types in future episodes of the Cannabis Goldsmith. This will get you started. Recommended Reading about gemstones. I suggest you buy both books. Science: Gemstones of the Worl...

Silver. Why do people hate it? Why do people love it? Why do people plate it? I will explain it all in the Silver episode. Notes: Photographs I talk about on the episode are located on our homepage at https://tribe.ca . No filters are used in the photographs to change color. A single lighting position was used with a clean, white-balanced light. Note how different silver can look, depending on sur...

Charms and Charm Bracelets. What are they about anyway? How long have they been around? Why are they no longer as popular as they once were? What's the scoop on Charm Bracelets? I theorize on the possible origins of this important type of jewelry and attempt to bring a high end Cannabis Charm Bracelet into the modern world. Recommended Reading: Charms and Charm Bracelets: The Complete Guide by...

What is quality and why does it matter? How social media dilutes quality, how scale reduces quality in physical objects but increases quality in digital objects, and other topics. Visit us online at https://tribe.ca Follow us on Insta @tribedotca https://instagram.com/tribedotca Next week let's talk about charm bracelets! For dudes! Wear the Plant, alexd

In this episode of the Cannabis Goldsmith I describe what it's like to collaborate with the cannabis plant to produce precious metal high jewelry products, how we come up with our jewelry designs and how we work with the plant to create new design directions. I talk about What it's like to break a path in a new industry. I talk about how we separated our design work from the precious metal...