Bullet casing jeweler here...

[Emily Koro]

Thanks again, for the welcome, ya'll. I'm not sure if this should be a new thread or added to this one so....

A few have messaged me about meeting up in person to see my jewelry so I wanted to post this:

While I do not have a physical store front of my own in Baton Rouge, there are a few shops that carry my work. Earthly Concerns on Lee Drive and the LSU Museum of Art Store in the Shaw Center downtown. I am working with the lady at the USS Kidd's gift store to get some in there, as well.

In New Orleans, I am in Magazine Metals on Magazine Street.

This Friday I will have a booth at the North Gate Music Festival on Chimes Street. Other than that, if you would like better pics of any of the pieces, let me know and I will see what I can do. I will sell directly with an invoice from Paypal if you do not want to sign up for Etsy.

Thanks!

Emily Koro

 

[mikewxs]

Welcome Emily, I would suggest getting a table at some of the local gun shows, I'm sure your stuff would be very popular with the gun crowd. If you need material to work with, I have about every casing shot today from 22cal to 50cal and everything in between. The ones I can't reload I would give to you for shipping. I would much rather see them go into something nice than in the scrap bin. Shoot me a PM if interested.

 

[Emily Koro]

Welcome Emily, I would suggest getting a table at some of the local gun shows, I'm sure your stuff would be very popular with the gun crowd. If you need material to work with, I have about every casing shot today from 22cal to 50cal and everything in between. The ones I can't reload I would give to you for shipping. I would much rather see them go into something nice than in the scrap bin. Shoot me a PM if interested.

Private message sent, Mike, thanks!

Also, can ya'll tell me what your favorite gun shows are?

 

[gsneff]

welcome

 

[madmax4x4]

I always liked the bullet cross

And I really like to contra cross like they used to sell in the back of S.O.F for Nicaraguan freedom fighters. I would be in for some of them.

 

[kcinnick]

I hope you did well at the gun show today. My wife is currently "Liking" everything she likes on facebook to act as a Christmas List...

 

[Emily Koro]

I hope you did well at the gun show today. My wife is currently "Liking" everything she likes on facebook to act as a Christmas List...

Thank you! I really had a fun time meeting everyone! It was a warm reception to my work and made me feel very welcome. : ) Tell your wife, "thanks!". : )

 

[Grandpa23]

I purchased a pendant from Emily last month and forgot to post in here how nice it was and how much my finance' loves it.
Thanks, Emily!

 

[Sin-ster]

Have you considered working with some of the more exotic looking cases and bullets out there?

Nickeled cases are quite attractive, as are the brass jacketed (as opposed to humdrum copper) projectiles. Hornady also had several black-poly coated cases in .223, 9mm, .40 and .45 in their TAP line not too terribly long ago.

For any kind of warping, shaping or bending, they would definitely be a challenge-- the nickel can flake off quickly if you so much as bell the cases too much during reloading. But for a lot of the pendant and "case bead" designs you do, I think it'd definitely look good. They hold polish extremely well t'boot, and won't patina like the brass cases will. Obviously, that's some of the aesthetic appeal in many of your designs-- but it'd open up a new realm for you to explore, or at least consider.

 

[kcinnick]

Any more shows you plan on attending in the BR/NO area before Christmas?

 

[Emily Koro]

I purchased a pendant from Emily last month and forgot to post in here how nice it was and how much my finance' loves it.
Thanks, Emily!

Thanks! Let me know if you want a bracelet to match, or if you need anything for gifts. : )

Emily

 

[Emily Koro]

Have you considered working with some of the more exotic looking cases and bullets out there?

Nickeled cases are quite attractive, as are the brass jacketed (as opposed to humdrum copper) projectiles. Hornady also had several black-poly coated cases in .223, 9mm, .40 and .45 in their TAP line not too terribly long ago.

For any kind of warping, shaping or bending, they would definitely be a challenge-- the nickel can flake off quickly if you so much as bell the cases too much during reloading. But for a lot of the pendant and "case bead" designs you do, I think it'd definitely look good. They hold polish extremely well t'boot, and won't patina like the brass cases will. Obviously, that's some of the aesthetic appeal in many of your designs-- but it'd open up a new realm for you to explore, or at least consider.

Thanks so much for all of the suggestions and thoughts on my work! Wow! I get my spent casings mainly from friends that shoot, so I am kind of at the mercy of what they can supply me with. Do you have any of what you have mentioned here? I would gladly make you a few pieces for a trade of some spent shells to work with!

 

[Emily Koro]

Any more shows you plan on attending in the BR/NO area before Christmas?

I don't have anything else lined up. I showed at a little art thing this past Sunday, and will be dropping of some of my jewelry there later today. I have pieces at Earthly Concerns, The LSU Museum of Art Store, and will have some in Gallery Bohemia later in the week.

Did you have something in mind?

 

[kcinnick]

I don't have anything else lined up. I showed at a little art thing this past Sunday, and will be dropping of some of my jewelry there later today. I have pieces at Earthly Concerns, The LSU Museum of Art Store, and will have some in Gallery Bohemia later in the week.

Did you have something in mind?

My wife had asked if you would be at any other shows, I don't have anything in mind, however I think she is trying to build up a set of earrings to have enough for every day of the year.

 

[Emily Koro]

My wife had asked if you would be at any other shows, I don't have anything in mind, however I think she is trying to build up a set of earrings to have enough for every day of the year.

lol.. well, I can definately help with that, and pretty inexpensively, as well!