Cannabis accessories need to grow up. Their design is mired in the past, and there is so much room for improvement.

Mentioned:

Tribe 24K Gold Emperor Nail / Pendant

https://tribe.ca/emperor

Notice:

A Coffee Table Book on High End Cannabis Accessories is coming in 2024:

We are publishing a coffee table book on very high end cannabis accessories in 2024. If you are a maker and would like to be included in the book, the first step is drop me an email with a photograph of what you make. Get on this fast.

See what we make:

TRIBE - The World's Luxury Cannabis Jeweler

https://tribe.ca

The Cannabis Goldsmith is an Art & Design podcast produced by TRIBE COMMUNICATIONS INC. in Ontario, Canada.

©2023 TRIBE

TRIBE is a registered trademark.

Artists are sensitive. We pick up everything. War, even in distant lands, can overload us and shut us down, or we can take that energy and convert it into Art.

See what I make:

TRIBE - The World's Luxury Cannabis Jeweler

https://tribe.ca

The Cannabis Goldsmith is an Art & Design podcast produced by TRIBE COMMUNICATIONS INC. in Ontario, Canada.

(c)2023 TRIBE

TRIBE is a registered trademark.

Where do Pinky Rings come from and where are they going?

Plus, I talk about the after effects of the eye surgery.

Mentioned - Trophy Ring For A Master Grower sealing ring:

https://tribe.ca/trophy-ring-for-a-master-grower/

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Sponsored by tribe, the World's Luxury Cannabis Jeweler.

Custom made is always better.

See what we make at https://tribe.ca

Product of Canada

This podcast is produced by tribe communications inc. in the 1000 Islands area of Ontario Canada.

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Facing the prospect of eye surgery can be a daunting experience for any visual artist or designer. Join me on this special episode recorded just before and after my cataract surgery. Gain valuable insights into what the operation entails and how to navigate the experience as a creative professional.

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Sponsored by tribe, the World's Luxury Cannabis Jeweler.

Custom made is always better.

See what we make at https://tribe.ca

Product of Canada

This podcast is produced by tribe communications inc. in the 1000 Islands area of Ontario Canada.

(c) tribe 2023

(R) tribe is a registered trademark

Technology products are taps, not jewelry. In this show, we explore the longevity of products, and how far people will go to recycle gold.

See what we make:

TRIBE - The World's Luxury Cannabis Jeweler

https://tribe.ca

The Cannabis Goldsmith is an Art & Design podcast produced by TRIBE COMMUNICATIONS INC. in Ontario, Canada.

(c)2023 TRIBE

TRIBE is a registered trademark.

Mentioned:

Prof G:

https://www.profgalloway.com/

The first ever style review of a tech conference!

Tech is the new Hollywood, so why not?

A deep, comprehensive analysis of the jewelry pieces worn at the main event, by CNBC Senior Tech & Media Journalist Julia Boorstin, and X /Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino. There's a lot going on here. You will be surprised.

BONUS! I offer jewelry wearing tips to the Verge's Nilay Patel and Platformer's Casey Newton that will take their tech conferencing to the next level :)

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See what we make:

TRIBE - The World's Luxury Cannabis Jeweler

https://tribe.ca

The Cannabis Goldsmith is an Art & Design podcast produced by TRIBE COMMUNICATIONS INC. in Ontario, Canada.

(c)2023 TRIBE

TRIBE is a registered trademark.

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Mentioned:

CODE 2023

https://voxmediaevents.com/code2023Apply

THe Verge

https://www.theverge.com/

Harry Winston

https://www.harrywinston.com/en

Anine Bing

https://www.aninebing.com

Midlife is hard. You start questioning everything and looking inside for answers. It can be painful if the answers don't come. Art can help, and in this episode I'll offer some suggestions on how to use Art to make the rest of your life better.

Mentioned in this podcast:

Artist Stacey Case

https://applesandart.ca/artist/stacey-case/

OCAD University (Ontario College of Art & Design)

https://www.ocadu.ca/

Recommended Reading:

Becoming a Writer, Staying a Writer: The Artistry, Joy, and Career of Storytelling by J. Michael Straczynski

Let us make you something magnificent:

TRIBE - The World's Luxury Cannabis Jeweler

https://tribe.ca

The Cannabis Goldsmith is an Art & Design podcast produced by TRIBE COMMUNICATIONS INC. in Ontario, Canada.

(c)2023 TRIBE

TRIBE is a registered trademark.

Dear Mark:

Instagram is not what it used to be and you need to make it safer before we will buy any advertising on your platform.

Sincerely,

alexd

CEO/tribe

Gatekeepers control the free flow of information on the Internet for their own benefit, not yours or mine.

If you are a Canadian business and choose to post your content on Meta products, they now suppress the discovery of your content, which is the complete opposite of virality, in order to drive you to buy advertising on the platform.

They've convinced users over time that our posted content 'could' go viral. It won't, but a lot of us still feel it might. This Meta brainwashing is exactly what drives smaller businesses to buy ads on the Insta slot machine wheel. The 'hope' of creating virality for your content on the platform with advertising is a false hope.

Does gambling like this sound like a smart marketing plan for any business or artist?

We can choose not to design or produce content for Mark Zuckerberg, until he stops filling his platform with toxic commercial content that causes teens to cut themselves, to kill themselves. We can choose to kick Zuckerberg to the curb and this is what I will be doing here at tribe.

In Canada, small and medium sized business and artists have a larger problem and an even worse gatekeeper: our own government. The Canadian government's new media control law C-18 has triggered Meta to block Canadian online content at scale, so even if a Canadian content provider buy ads on the platform, there is really no guarantee the ads will ever be seen in Canada, or anywhere else.

In this podcast I explain why virality doesn't exist on Instagram or any Meta product anymore, and why it isn't wise to use Instagram or any Meta product as your single marketing channel. Produce content for yourself and your customers, not for Instagram or Mark Zuckerberg.

Media Mentioned:

Pivot Podcast: https://podcasts.voxmedia.com/show/pivot

Prof G Podcast: https://profgmedia.com/the-pod/

Prof Michael Geist: https://www.michaelgeist.ca/blog/

Painting with John: https://www.hbo.com/painting-with-john

Books Mentioned:

Rings For The Finger by George Frederick Kunz (1917)

Complete Metalsmith: Professional Edition by Tim McCreight

Practical Casting by Tim McCreight

The Cannabis Goldsmith - A Show About Jewelry, is an Art & Design podcast produced by tribe communications inc. in the 1000 Islands area of Ontario, Canada.

Tribe is a member of the Canadian Jewellers Association and an Authorized User of Canada's National Precious Metals Mark.

(c) tribe 2023

(R) tribe is a registered trademark

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 produced by TRIBE COMMUNICATIONS INC. in Ontario, Canada.

(c)2023 TRIBE

TRIBE is a registered trademark.

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 professionalism, tradition and high quality jewelry.

https://www.buccellati.com/

Georg Jensen is using real photography on their site but some of it's so poorly executed it's odd looking. Or perhaps the photoshop post production team did that. Both the jewelry and the models look somehow off in many of these photographs.

https://www.georgjensen.com/en-us/jewelry/new-arrivals

My goal is crisp accurate photography against dark backgrounds to minimize distraction and maximize visual richness.

See photography of our own jewelry at https://tribe.ca

Note that any trademarks mentioned here are owned by the respective brands. The opinions here are my own as a photographer and jewelry designer.

The Cannabis Goldsmith is produced by TRIBE COMMUNICATIONS INC. in Canada. TRIBE is a registered trademark.