Going batty on Squidoo

I’ve gone a bit batty over on Squidoo and uploaded three new lenses.

In case you don’t know, Squidoo is a content-based site started by Seth Godin.

I’ve written some pages over there about jewellery-making, some of which are directly related to this blog, but because it’s on Squidoo, there’s more stuff to sell, which those of us who have ordinary WordPress accounts aren’t able to do (bless their little cotton socks, I prefer it this way – don’t have to wade through adverts to find what my wonderful acquaintances have been up to).

On Squidoo it’s virtually the whole point. The information is there, and then you get shown where to buy what you want.

I’ve uploaded lenses on seaglass, found items and the now-passé tube-bending. More to follow, I’m sure.

Case in point, the lens on found items was an extended edit of an article I wrote for Findings, the journal of the Association of Contemporary Jewellers, published back in Spring 2011, entitled “Found Items and the Ethical Jeweller”. The subject arose out of a book review I did for the same magazine and a couple of conversations I had with jeweller friends on the subject, including the use of dangerous and downright icky things you don’t want next to your skin.

There’s also the question of illegal items, not just things like diamonds and rubies but animal parts, plant seeds, things which might be contaminated with bacteria or germs that your country doesn’t want in its borders.

Reminds me of those news reports of people killed by their own bongos…

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