Slashpile Designs Blog

Last week, I was hiking with a friend near Bancroft (the gemstone capital of the world) at a site we had read about that had lots of minerals (apat...

I Just finished another project that I'm really excited about! As most people know, I have played roller derby for the past 3 years. This year was ...

Back in November, we went looking for grants to apply to, so we could more rapidly grow our business. Our first stop was YES (the Youth Employment...

  Hi there! Remember that post where I showed some of our non-jewellery projects? Well here's my follow-up detail post about the centrepieces...

Well hello there! It's been quite a while since our last post! December was such a busy month, not only with jewellery orders (thanks everyone!) bu...

Since I've been making lots of rings lately, I thought it would be cool to share the process with you! Here is a behind-the-scenes, step-by-step de...

Our medals for the 5/10k to cure Parkinson's were a great success! We attended the pancakes breakfast after the run, and it was so nice to see ever...

Wow, has it ever been hot! Since our trip we've been spending a lot of time in the studio, replenishing stock and sending more pieces to our new st...

I found this video that was made by the current featured Etsy seller. It pretty much sums up our lives right now!   Jewelry All Day from rach...

We've been making working hard on making lots of inventory, in preparation for our big trip. In doing this, we have run into a few issues that led ...

I was browsing through the photos on my computer and I came across these old photos of us soldering! The first photo is of Tara, and the second one...

Painting the enamel on the molecules is the final step in making our drug molecule jewellery. It takes skill and practice to apply the paint accura...