Sunday, January 17, 2010

The historical price of gold jewelry



I found this idea to be quite clever! Not super crazy about the actual necklace but this idea is great! Each hand-crafted necklace is based on the historic price of the material in which it is was made. For instance, at first the gold necklace seems simply a striking graphic shape. However, the wearer can reveal to any interested onlooker that the shape actually resembles exactly the historical time series graph of the gold price from 1979 to 2009,

Friday, January 08, 2010

New 'gold-mining' practices at Crematoriums!


The BBC posted this story about cremation workers selling the precious metals found in the ashes of cremated individuals. I wish I had known about this, my father has a lot of gold in his mouth, but of course you don't even think of stuff like this when  you are bereaved!

The historical price of gold jewelry

I found this idea to be quite clever! Not super crazy about the actual necklace but this idea is great! Each hand-crafted necklace is base...