Comments for Dawn Woodward's Weblog

Comment on “Charis” – a new range of shimmering crystal jewellery is launched today! by ingrid shepherd

ingrid shepherd — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:14:50 +0000

Fab products, and lovely website. The charis range is so pretty, and reasonably priced. The pearl earrins are very nice, I’ve not seen pearls so big (16mm!!!). I’m looking forward to your next news letter to find out all the latest news.

Comment on Dawn Woodward – about me by Lorri Ely

Lorri Ely — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:34:01 +0000

Hi, Dawn. Great site, and I LOVE your designs! Very nice. I just stumbled across your site when reading one of Rena’s book testimonials. If you’d like, come join my new blog as well…
http://making-jewelry.ning.com/
I a finally dusting off my old website and breathing some new life into it. I don’t know about you, but I find it can be rather time consuming to do blogs, websites, make jewelry, and run a business all at the same time Take care!

Comment on Tired of your jewellery tarnishing? Here’s what I do…… by dawnwoodward

dawnwoodward — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:11:12 +0000

Wow, that’s a great tip off!! I’m going to google Amber Magic now and see if I can get one, thanks!

Comment on Tired of your jewellery tarnishing? Here’s what I do…… by stewart hersey

stewart hersey — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:04:11 +0000

Hi, I don’t know if it’s of any help to anyone but a company in the U.K. called Amber Magic are giving away free silver cleaning cloths to anybody who asks for them. Hurry up as they only have 400 left!

Comment on Tired of your jewellery tarnishing? Here’s what I do…… by dawnwoodward

dawnwoodward — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 08:39:46 +0000

Hi Bjewelled, thanks for your commenta and link to your lovely website. Really important point that you make re some jewellery being purposefully tarnished as part of it’s design and hence should not be cleaned unless you want to really change the way it looks. I will feed back on the results of the silica gell packs and see if I can shed any light on how they work.

Comment on Tired of your jewellery tarnishing? Here’s what I do…… by dawnwoodward

dawnwoodward — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 08:36:05 +0000

Thanks Annette for your tip of using a jewellers cleaning cloth – I must get one of these. I’ve also heard of anti – tarnish cloth which apparently you buy from a fabric store by the meter and cut in into pieces which are then laid out over trays of jewellery to prevent it tarnishing. I’m thinking more on the scale of jewellery traders with this one, but if anyone has come across such fabric and has any experience with it , it would be good to hear from you.

Comment on Tired of your jewellery tarnishing? Here’s what I do…… by Annette Piper

Annette Piper — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:49:19 +0000

I keep my jewellery in ziplock bags and being sealed they don’t tarnish. I also bought a jewellers cleaning cloth that cleans it all up beautifully, if it needs a clean.

Comment on Tired of your jewellery tarnishing? Here’s what I do…… by Bjewelled

Bjewelled — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:55:46 +0000

Maybe the silica gel does help reduce tarnishing in some way but, since tarnish is actually silver sulphide and caused by exposure to sulphur and not moisture, it is hard to see quite how – perhaps, they absorb sulphur too? Otherwise, simply reducing exposure to the atmosphere by storing in a bag or box when not being worn helps.
Also, remember that some silver jewellery is deliberately tarnished (also referred to as “oxidization” although that is not the chemical process involved) as part of the design. This is very common in Indonesian jewellery for example. These pieces should only be cleaned with a polishing cloth and never using any sort of liquid dip cleaner.
I will be interested to hear the results of your trial.

Comment on The Dorset Art & Craft Show by dawnwoodward

dawnwoodward — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:08:31 +0000

Thanks Lindsay, well done for putting together such a great series of shows! Your website and brochures are lovely and your high standards on the qualiity of exhibits will mean that these shows really will stand out from the masses. I’m pleased to be involved with The Dorset Art and Craft Show and can’t wait to show my new collection at Digby Hall on Saturday 19th April.

Comment on The Dorset Art & Craft Show by Lindsay Anderson

Lindsay Anderson — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:45:10 +0000

Hi! Just wanted to thank Dawn for her kind comments about The Dorset Art & Craft Show – the series of events I have developed to run through 2008. There is such a fantastic and wide range of original work being produced across Dorset by lots and lots of clever people, so hopefully these shows will give them all a way to reach a bigger audience.
You will find the list of dates and venues on the show website – http://www.dorsetartandcraftshow.co.uk – with some details of the artists and craftworkers taking place under the exhibitor section of the site. However the site does not yet include all the wonderfully talented stallholders at our events, and there work really needs to be seen to be appreciated fully, so I hope you can find time to come along and visit us at a show date soon.
Best regards, Lindsay Anderson