Wire Fest Begins With A Free Video Tutorial
Posted on November 7, 2008 by Christine
I am so excited. I’m all aflutter. I’ve decided to celebrate with a Wire Fest!
What the heck’s a Wire Fest?
It’s a Festival of Wire Working fun of course!
Here’s the first way we’ll celebrate:
With some absolutely free-for-you lessons so that you don’t have to endure the aggravation that, sadly, wire can sometimes cause (sniff).
I betcha even if you’re experienced you’ll learn something you didn’t know before.
And if you’re new, these lessons will open up a new world of jewelry making possibilities and really give you a leg up on that learning curve.
Oh - and be sure to put in your info so I know you want to partake in the rest of the lessons and the rest of Wire Fest. You’ll see where below the video.
So give it a watch - it’s only about 4 minutes long.
I go pretty quick through the video - but if you’re interested, you’ll get the chance to get printable screenshots too so you can refer back easily.
Shh- it’s starting- let’s watch (just click on the image to get it going):
Update Feb 2009 - Sorry! If you’re looking for the free video subscription box, wire fest is now over - but this video is still here for you to enjoy.
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Comments (9)
I can’t get the link to work. Bev
Which link do you mean Bev? The sign up link? The video download link?
I just checked them both and they work for me.
Here’s a direct link to the registration page (with video — you need to scroll down to the end of my blah blah page)
http://www.wireworksecrets.com/media-files/wireworkvideos.html
Love the video! Your instructions are very informative and clearly written. I look forward to more!
I think there were just so may people looking it was a slow load. Worked for me the second time around. Good video! So many how to videos are boring. You have a nack for these. Wishing you all the best. You are an inspiring teacher!
Thanks Szarka! It is tricky to make it not boring
Hopefully I’ll keep getting better and better. Thanks for the encouragement!
Great video, please take the following in the manner it is meant ‘constructive critisism’.
Just a couple of observations.
At times it was difficult to read the instructions when they were at the bottom of the screen, as they were on the top of website details.
Towards the end of the video the instructions were not on the screen long enough for you to read.
The video was really informative, I look forward to the next video’s, keep up the good work.
Love it! So creative. Loved the music too! Do you have to pay “rights” to the musical artist to use that? I make DVDs putting still pictures in a slide show technique and have had trouble finding out whether or not I can use music (other than my own…which I don’t have…I promised myself only one artistic endeavor at a time!)
Thanks again!
Thanks Linda- I do take any and all comments as neutral feedback - which I always do value. The worst is to never get any comments! Thanks for pointing out those things - I was trying to balance the timing against the music, still add lots of info, and still make it understandable - and still watermark it for Youtube. did you know there are people out there that will cut portions of video that’s not watermarked and pass it off as their own?
But if you’re interested, you can get a pdf file of screenshots of every text portion of the video. I hate watching videos more than once or twice myself - I always want to have document I can scan quickly later.
To get a printable file of the screenshots, just register using the form below the video.
Reply to Jenny
I struggle with the “rights” issue too - the question with music is, is it ok if you reference the music? If I were writing an article or an essay, it’s not considered plagiarism if I cite my sources, so is it the same with using music?
It seems pretty cut and dry if I were selling the video, but this is being freely distributed. People can even embed the file on their own blog or website using the youtube embedding code - even though I hold the copyright to my own work.
So after a lot of research (which really is just as blurry about where the line is it seems to me) , here’s my reasoning:
-Anyone can download the music file for themselves just like I did for free
-I’m giving a free promo of bands and music that people might not otherwise listen to or know about
-That promotion might possibly lead to sales for the artist
-Radios play other people’s music for free, and with the artist’s blessing
-And if I do get a “cease and desist” notice about copyright infringement, then I will happily take they’re music out (although from a marketing standpoint I think if it were me I’d love the free advertising)
Hope my grey area answer helped