Origins Series
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Origins: The Raven Pendant
The origin story of our Raven design and a litle bit of Taitaya Forge History.
Origins: The Raven Pendant
The origin story of our Raven design and a litle bit of Taitaya Forge History.
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Origins: The Ormangullr - Loki's Hook
The real story behind the Ormangullr, Loki's snake hook pendant. Read on where this "Viking" amulet comes from. Fidn out about the origins on the story on how Loki's and...
Origins: The Ormangullr - Loki's Hook
The real story behind the Ormangullr, Loki's snake hook pendant. Read on where this "Viking" amulet comes from. Fidn out about the origins on the story on how Loki's and...
From the Forge

New Experiment: Customer Referral or Affiliate ...
For small artists and artisans getting noticed has become lately very difficult. We used to rely on social media and platforms like Etsy or Youtube, but the way search algorithms...
New Experiment: Customer Referral or Affiliate ...
For small artists and artisans getting noticed has become lately very difficult. We used to rely on social media and platforms like Etsy or Youtube, but the way search algorithms...

From the Archives: Pure Iron Jewellery: Mainten...
Blog post from Years back. I am slowly moving all my blog posts from years back to one place. This one is still pretty much valid. It is about the...
From the Archives: Pure Iron Jewellery: Mainten...
Blog post from Years back. I am slowly moving all my blog posts from years back to one place. This one is still pretty much valid. It is about the...

How Etsy is failing hand made artisans
The economic limits of a hand made business, why selling on a platform like Etsy has become difficult for us and others like us and what determines such things as...
How Etsy is failing hand made artisans
The economic limits of a hand made business, why selling on a platform like Etsy has become difficult for us and others like us and what determines such things as...

Hand made imperfection vs computer generated pe...
My musings on AI, craft, art and economics of being a crafts person, perfection and imperfection and the future of a hand made artisan in a AI perfect world. Not...
Hand made imperfection vs computer generated pe...
My musings on AI, craft, art and economics of being a crafts person, perfection and imperfection and the future of a hand made artisan in a AI perfect world. Not...

Valhalla. How a kenning became a word.
The following is my interpretation. I am not a scholar in the topic. I am bilingual and that give me a keen interest in languages and translations. Language affects culture...
Valhalla. How a kenning became a word.
The following is my interpretation. I am not a scholar in the topic. I am bilingual and that give me a keen interest in languages and translations. Language affects culture...

New year. New shop.
A new year's welcome to our upgraded online store, introducing new features and new products.
New year. New shop.
A new year's welcome to our upgraded online store, introducing new features and new products.
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Dutch Auction Model in Pricing Artisan Jewellery
An explanation on how I am trying out a new way of pricing our forged silver jewellery, loosely based on an auction model that starts from the highest price and...
Dutch Auction Model in Pricing Artisan Jewellery
An explanation on how I am trying out a new way of pricing our forged silver jewellery, loosely based on an auction model that starts from the highest price and...