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CosmicFolklore ♂️ [5929767] [2007-11-05 17:48:45 +0000 UTC] "Michael Johnson" (United States)

# Statistics

Favourites: 666; Deviations: 202; Watchers: 420

Watching: 146; Pageviews: 43426; Comments Made: 4024; Friends: 146

# Interests

Favorite visual artist: Picasso, Thomas Mann , the cave men of Lascaux
Favorite writers: Richard Bach, Tom Robbins, and Kurt Vonnegut; but not in that order.
Favorite games: Chess
Favorite gaming platform: a table
Tools of the Trade: bones, twigs, hammer, baking soda, fire, and water. That's all I need.
Other Interests: love, Swing dancing, and playing the ukulele

# About me

This is the whole staff of the Cosmic Folklore Studios, except Lora. I will have to get a picture of her when she is beading and not working on taxes :)

Current Residence: a small cabin in the woods, next to a creek, that runs to the Cahaba River
Favourite genre of music: rock and metal, LOL - lapidary and silversmithing :)
MP3 player of choice: vinyl at 33rpms
Shell of choice: macaroni
Wallpaper of choice: Gold Lamé
Favourite cartoon character: Pepe Le Pew
Personal Quote: "Clothing optional!!!"

# Comments

Comments: 745

Broski01288 [2017-02-05 09:26:54 +0000 UTC]

How may I purchase the
VesicaPisces Pisces Cuff?
Broski01288

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Flamegirl34568 [2013-03-13 20:02:56 +0000 UTC]

I have been looking at all of your amazing jewelry, and I see one thing that stands out the most. How do you take such good photos of your pieces? My jewelry never photographs well.

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CosmicFolklore In reply to Flamegirl34568 [2013-03-13 20:56:22 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!
I use a DSLR with a light tent. I just set up the shot, making sure to avoid my own reflection (or trying) and I use pieces of white paper to direct the light evenly over the piece. Use a long exposure with a tripod. I avoid macros, as they will kill your depth of field. Mostly, I use a magnifier with a 50mm.

However, I have seen really good pictures made with iPhones and point-and-shoots. The thing that makes a great picture is lighting. IMO.

Opals are a bugger though. any opal that I have pictured is 10x's better in person than the picture.

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Flamegirl34568 In reply to CosmicFolklore [2013-03-13 23:21:59 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much for the detailed reply. I don't have such a good camera as that, but I will see what I can do with lighting. That seems to be the best option for me.
And I fully agree, an opal's fire is impossible to catch on camera.

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Janski-Designs [2013-02-28 15:04:29 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for adding my Labradorite Pendant to your collection.
You have a awesome gallery, very nice work!! :) (Smile)

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CosmicFolklore In reply to Janski-Designs [2013-02-28 22:05:03 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! and, you're welcome :) (Smile)

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Kalitan [2013-02-17 05:43:10 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful work! (:

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CosmicFolklore In reply to Kalitan [2013-02-19 04:27:54 +0000 UTC]

Thank you :) (Smile)

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Alue360 [2013-02-15 14:41:15 +0000 UTC]

your work is really good!o.o

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CosmicFolklore In reply to Alue360 [2013-02-16 15:19:10 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!!

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Alue360 In reply to CosmicFolklore [2013-02-18 15:19:09 +0000 UTC]

you're welcome^^

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Aranglinn [2012-02-23 18:21:54 +0000 UTC]

hey! your work is great, I have to watch you :P (Lick)

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CosmicFolklore In reply to Aranglinn [2012-02-27 00:34:40 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!!

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Nils-Iver [2011-11-22 22:54:11 +0000 UTC]

Quick question: can you forge me a white gold ring for a male sized finger with deep amethyst jewel stone in the middle?

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CosmicFolklore In reply to Nils-Iver [2011-11-30 12:34:59 +0000 UTC]

Yes, feel free to email me at reddog272@yahoo.com
I will need to know a few things.
Thanks :) (Smile)

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Nils-Iver In reply to CosmicFolklore [2011-11-30 20:12:43 +0000 UTC]

Mail sent! :) (Smile)

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artistladysmith [2011-10-24 01:28:02 +0000 UTC]

Added to my devWatch! thank you SO much :) (Smile)

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CosmicFolklore In reply to artistladysmith [2011-10-25 20:49:47 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!!

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Mayamahal [2011-10-06 18:13:08 +0000 UTC]

I love your family dynamic and your work. I have a little girl who's just learned to run, and I have visions of her harassing me until I teach her how to hold a torch and make her own art to wear.
Your pieces are spectacular examples of composition, color, and creativity, and I can't tell you how inspiring they are to see.

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CosmicFolklore In reply to Mayamahal [2011-10-07 03:41:30 +0000 UTC]

Thanks you,
Mine didn't exactly beg me. I had to coerce just as my dad did. But, at this age, they spend more time on homework than at the bench. I wonder sometimes if they may be stretching out the homework to keep me from making them make chain :) (Smile)

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CreepyBlueStorm [2011-10-05 05:29:40 +0000 UTC]

I have but one question - Are the kids in Graphic Design 1 still playing Pictionary?

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CosmicFolklore In reply to CreepyBlueStorm [2011-10-07 03:35:29 +0000 UTC]

We did the first week, as usual :) (Smile)

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flintlockprivateer [2011-09-19 20:49:40 +0000 UTC]

Great gallery.

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CosmicFolklore In reply to flintlockprivateer [2011-09-25 22:52:01 +0000 UTC]

Thank you, sir :) (Smile)

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LaddytheOutcat [2011-09-16 11:33:06 +0000 UTC]

Wow! You craft jewelry? That's awesome!

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CosmicFolklore In reply to LaddytheOutcat [2011-09-25 22:53:00 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, but I think of it more as a Fine Art instead of a pure craft,
but thank you again :) (Smile)

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LaddytheOutcat In reply to CosmicFolklore [2011-09-26 00:11:38 +0000 UTC]

no prob! :D (Big Grin)

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TinyMarigold [2011-08-02 16:11:51 +0000 UTC]

amazing and beautiful work!!!

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CosmicFolklore In reply to TinyMarigold [2011-08-02 16:21:54 +0000 UTC]

Thank you :) (Smile)

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DanielAPierce [2011-05-27 05:43:52 +0000 UTC]

You know what dude I'm glad I watched you, you have alot of valuable shit to offer, good words an deeds with what your doin.

That's all i wanted to say. :) (Smile)

- D. Pierce

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CosmicFolklore In reply to DanielAPierce [2011-05-28 05:20:05 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!!
You've got cool stuff too :) (Smile)

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DanielAPierce In reply to CosmicFolklore [2011-05-28 05:24:57 +0000 UTC]

Thanks Partner,

Maybe we'll work on a grand necklace one day!!

Talk to you later :) (Smile)

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moonbeebz [2011-04-22 03:38:24 +0000 UTC]

Another Roadside Attraction was required reading at the alternative school I attended. Thanks for reminding me of it!

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CosmicFolklore In reply to moonbeebz [2011-04-22 04:29:16 +0000 UTC]

Really? That's a pretty risqué book for school. It must have been a really alternative school ;) (Wink)

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Twinflame-Studios [2011-04-12 19:21:31 +0000 UTC]

love your jewelry. it's artists like you that make me obsess over learning new techniques! :) (Smile)

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CosmicFolklore In reply to Twinflame-Studios [2011-04-13 03:08:47 +0000 UTC]

obsessing is cool, but I think of it more as a form of communion with the Creator by becoming a creator. The big creative vibe, ;) (Wink)

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Twinflame-Studios In reply to CosmicFolklore [2011-04-13 19:10:28 +0000 UTC]

actually that's a great way to put it :) (Smile) I've always loved playing with rocks, like it was a way to get closer to those natural divine energies and really feel part of it, and when I started making jewelry it just got better.

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VioletRosePetals [2011-04-12 06:53:50 +0000 UTC]

You have some amazing pieces, and I featured a few of them in my journal .

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CosmicFolklore In reply to VioletRosePetals [2011-04-13 03:06:25 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, that's awesome :) (Smile)

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VioletRosePetals In reply to CosmicFolklore [2011-04-13 17:28:12 +0000 UTC]

You're quite welcome! :D (Big Grin)

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tearsRsanity [2011-03-14 22:24:41 +0000 UTC]

Your work is absolutely stunning. I do bead work myself. Just wonderful really.

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CosmicFolklore In reply to tearsRsanity [2011-03-14 22:50:50 +0000 UTC]

Thank you,
beads make the world go around :) (Smile)

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Momma-san [2011-03-13 18:35:18 +0000 UTC]

your work is beautiful!

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CosmicFolklore In reply to Momma-san [2011-03-13 19:19:17 +0000 UTC]

Thank you :) (Smile)

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Momma-san In reply to CosmicFolklore [2011-03-16 22:00:43 +0000 UTC]

you are most welcome!

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moonbeebz [2011-02-28 04:56:15 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad I saw your jewelry tag, I was worried that flowers had replaced rocketfish.
(I'm loving them)
Thank-you for the links. I don't have a good book to read at the moment and no time for the library. They'll come in handy this week.

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CosmicFolklore In reply to moonbeebz [2011-03-01 22:30:30 +0000 UTC]

Thanks,
I am being asked to do more of these floral pieces than rocketfishes lately. Not so much changing, as evolving :) (Smile)

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copperrein [2011-02-05 14:03:18 +0000 UTC]

Featured you in my Journal!
[link]
Yay!!

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CosmicFolklore In reply to copperrein [2011-02-05 14:53:58 +0000 UTC]

Thank you :) (Smile)

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copperrein In reply to CosmicFolklore [2011-02-05 15:12:23 +0000 UTC]

:) (Smile)

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