Nicholas Kreager
nick@aethercircuits.com
I would be honored to create a specialized talisman customized to suit your specific needs, using your crystals or a selection from my vast inventory of high-end, high-vibrational minerals, or both. Please send me an email and we can discuss what I can do for you.
As far as pricing goes, a basic wrap for a small stone would be from $40-75, including silver and labor. Fibonacci pieces range from $70-120, depending on the amount of silver required to tastefully secure the mineral or crystal. For more complex tasks, I typically charge $30/hr for a 5+ hour piece—a little less than what I charge per hour for smaller pieces.
Customized gold and platinum accents are available, and for small accents the working fee is the same as silver. However, due to the high replacement costs of gold and platinum, as well as the decreased room for error when working with these metals, hourly rates for pieces with high gold content or moderate amounts of platinum start at $45/hr, not including the cost of materials. Please contact me if you would like to discuss these options further.
If you have a specific function in mind for your talisman, I am happy to begin work on your piece during appropriate planetary hours or astrological events. This additional service is $5 for one-sitting talismans and the beginning stage of any work. If you would like any and all construction to take place only during certain astrological events, I am happy to manifest your piece accordingly for an extra $10 per hour. This extra charge is assessed because in order to actually make a piece in this way, I have to plan a number of days around specific time-frames, many of which fall during my sleeping hours. This takes a lot of the spontanaeity out of my life, although I am happy to wake up at 3:57 am repeatedly for someone who is that intensely serious about their magical jewelry. For most intents and purposes, though, I think just beginning a piece at the right time will provide enough of an extra punch.
I am skilled and delicate worker, but there are some minerals I'd rather not wrap. These include very fragile mineral specimens and potentially dangerous minerals such as orpiment, realgar, and chalcanthite. If you must have a lead-bearing mineral in your talisman (vanadinite, galena), please contact me to discuss the safe use of such a talisman and possible substitutions. Also, I'd rather not wrap water-soluble minerals for obvious reasons.
If you would like to discuss a custom-crafted talisman in greater detail and specificity, please email me with your questions, concerns, and general info about your desired piece (function, size, mineral composition, price-range, etc.). If you'd like to incoporate your own minerals, please include photos (next to a U.S. quarter for scale) If this can't be done, please include approximate measurements in your inquiry or request. If neither is possible, we can still figure something out.
Nicholas Kreager
nick@aethercircuits.com
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