It has one potential use: to increase profits by replacing the jobs of millions of millions of workers. That is the sole reason that these C-Suite Executives are excited about, not considering the fact that their jobs are among the easiest to replace by AI.

“You’re gay, so you’re going to represent the company at the gay pride parade.”

“I’m not gay.”

“Yes, you are.”

“No, I’m not. I’ve got a wife, and three kids.”

“You act gay.”

“How do I ‘act gay?’ I’m just myself”

“That’s the problem. Your ‘self’ is gay.”

“WTF?That doesn’t make sense, I’m not gay.”

“Are you disparaging gays? Because I can get HR involved with this, if your going to start getting bigoted about gays.”

“I’m not bigoted about gays, my brother is gay, I don’t care, but I’M NOT GAY!”

“Yes, you are. Be in that parade, or you’re fired.”

In most cities, you can get wax models cast by jewelery supply places, etc. I did it a few times, and it was fairly cheap, but that was a long time ago. That way, all you have to do is create the model out of wax, which is ridiculously easy to work with.

It’s a fun hobby, and this is a really nice piece.

You’d have to use something like 12-14k gold to get near enough hardness, and it would still be soft. OTOH, it’s a pendant, so it isn’t under any heavy use, like a bracelet or a ring would be. It’s pretty well protected, just hanging there on the chest.

I understand the sharp outline you get from cutting, but you still have to file and polish those edges anyway, and that’s what gives it the sharp outline. You could still do that in a cast piece. In fact, you’d probably have to.

Casting is pretty easy for small things, once you get the hang of it. It’s not something you’d want to do inside an apartment, though. Definitely an outside activity, unless you’re already in some sort of industrial building. It’s fun though, and it feels really good to show off a cast piece. That’s an impressive skill to outsiders.

BTW, I’m not a jeweler, but I have a close friend who’s a pro, and I spent many hours sitting next to him at his bench, poking through his little drawers, and asking questions, and occasionally crafting my own amateurish pieces. I used to like to carve wax models and cast them in silver, back when silver was dirt cheap. Fascinating stuff.

Oooh, simple, elegant, very nicely done. This is my favorite kind of jewelry, understated but undeniably beautiful.

That’s a lot of work, sawing out all those voids, especially in a hard metal like brass. Brass will tarnish easily, too. Gold would be nice, but VERY expensive, although it would cut much easier. If it was gold, you could probably cast it pretty easily.

If you offered this in gold, I’ll bet you could get all the rich ladies to line up for it.