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The watches that I corraboratively made with Hugh from Movies in Haiku steal the show here because of their awesomeness! Can't wait to make another watch with him.

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My QWAC Preparations Part 2

Well, one week has past and not much has happened. The timeline that I had planned has been rewritten and it's looking much much tighter. When making things as complicated as watches, I unfortunately can't do everything myself and unfortunately one of the people that helps me in the process had an emergency this past week which is why the dials of my watches are not in my hands yet.

However, all is not lost! There should still be time(barely) to get the stainless steel watches I mentioned in my last post finished. I did get the rest of the parts and materials I need for them today, which I'm very happy about! New straps, more cases, some different coloured luminous powders and some other items. Here's two photos of the luminous powder...love that stuff!

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I've also been working on my showcases...making some slight modifications here and there to spruce them up. Can't have them looking shabby for the Queen West Artcrawl!

I also got my new credit card terminal up and running. I used to use the old behemoth credit card imprinter...you know those ones that you have to run back and forth over a card which has an imprinter slip over it, I always called it the chunka chunka machine because of the sounds it made. But not anymore! Through the miraculousness of technology I can now do Visa and Mastercard transactions through my iPhone! I'm so happy to finally be part of the 21st century. I even have a swiper thingy that attaches to the iPhone. Here's a picture to show you what it looks like:

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Only 18 days left to go until the show and things are looking a little worrysome but we'll just have to wait and see what this week holds. I'll have more for you next week and as always please visit my website, the Queen West Artcrawl website and if you have a spare moment, follow me on twitter!

Artwalk, watches & gemmology

Well, I've been a little negligent with my blog over the past month or so, but only because I've been working to create exciting works for the St.Clair Artwalk which is quickly approaching. I hope to see you all there.

The other reason I've been so busy is that I've been playing with the idea of making watches for quite some time and now I have finally finished my first watch. And the proud owner of the first watch created and fabricated by WilkDesigns? My wife of course! An anniversary gift for her. She always ends up being the guinea pig for new designs and ideas, though I don't think she really minds. Anyways, no picture of it as of yet, but that should be posted sometime this weekend.

Lastly, I've started my nighttime gemmology course with the Canadian Gemmological Association. The first couple classes have been okay, I'm the only guy there, which is fine by me. Putting that aside, the course looks like it should be much better than doing correspondence, though it means I can't be a slacker which in the end, will be of benefit. Anyways, that's what is going on currently with Wilk Jewellery Designs, though soon I'll have to change it to Wilk Jewellery and Watch Designs, haha well, thanks for reading.