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		<title>European Chain Bracelet</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I thought and thought and thought and just could not devise an unique chain pattern of my own, so I sat down and made a European Box chain with 6 mm ID rings (hand cut from 18 gauge round copper wire).&#160; The result is a 7 inch bracelet here displayed on a flocked hand. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another year older</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:53:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another year of life has gone by and now I am officially 66. I continue to expand my thoughts and styles. I have been twisting several strands of wire to make a single wire for making metal pieces. This process lends itself to make unique curved designs with the wire. Using square wire produces very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shop Creativity</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 23:37:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As with many places, Debora and I tend to work in spurts of creativity.&#160; She will look at her beads and wire over and over.&#160; Then she will see a way to put together a piece.&#160; In the past week, she has made several beautiful pieces of wearable art.&#160; Here are two of her creations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>November Items</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:34:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Actually the end of October for the making of these two necklaces.&#160; The first was a small piece of opal and matrix rough.&#160; As can be seen the opal is the bottom edge and is a gray-blue color.&#160; The gray matrix is obvious in this free form cabochon.&#160; I cut the cabochon two weeks ago, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrate the Equinox</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 04:15:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Autumnal Equinox has just occurred and the fall season has officially begun.  With the advent of this season my creative muse has taken on a new vigor. Starting with the original form of silver smithing &#8212; wire wrapping, I made a pendant with a cobalt colored druzy agate in the center of the wire [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Artwork for September</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 06:29:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the first day of autumn approaches, we realize that September has come and in the Upstate of South Carolina it is by definition no longer hot.&#160; August is hot, September is cooler.&#160; We will notice Autumn about mid October when the leaves change to their fall beauty.&#160; During this time, we continue to work [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cabochons and Ring</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:04:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On a visit last week at my local little rock shop, I was given an offer that I could not refuse.&#160; They would give me a slab of Larimar and I could keep the rest after I cut them 3 oval cabochons.&#160; I cut five cabochons, two of which fell into multiple pieces.&#160; I salvaged [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As we near the Dog Days</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2011 17:41:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the end of August approaches, I have been doing yard work in the very early morning (0600) before the heat that causes the dogs to just lie in the dust comes to fruition. That does leave time during the day to create and fabricate. Debora has been very productive and has been making necklaces. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Advancing My Art</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 05:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The shop continues, Debora is doing the bead work, she keeps very busy and her work is fantastic.&#160; She labors over each bracelet, anklet, pair of earrings and necklace.&#160; She has great ability to create and design this work.&#160; She loves creating pieces that have a great combination of colors.&#160; While she continues her work, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Designer at Rasmussen Gems and Jewelry LLC</title>
		<link>http://ganoksin.com/blog/rasmussengems/2011/07/24/new-designer-at-rasmussen-gems-and-jewelry-llc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2011 23:28:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Debora Lee Rasmussen, my wife, has been a driving force for my art and shop since I began at her initiation of my study of gemology.&#160; She is disabled and one of her causes of depression has been the feeling that she is not contributing for our family.&#160; She is very creative and last week [...]]]></description>
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