AuThenticity Project by https://padlet.com/qerickson11/xj6a92egr02bji1m en-us 2023-02-24 12:55:23 UTC 2026-03-17 15:27:10 UTC hello@padlet.com qerickson11 https://padlet.com/qerickson11/xj6a92egr02bji1m/wish/2493842046 2023-02-24 13:06:44 UTC https://padlet.com/qerickson11/xj6a92egr02bji1m/wish/2493842046 History of Black Hills Gold qerickson11 https://padlet.com/qerickson11/xj6a92egr02bji1m/wish/2513158648 From the Landstrom's Website: 

Landstrom's is the oldest Black Hills Gold manufacturing company and is the only true heir to the original Black Hills Gold designs, tools, and manufacturing methods made over 100 years ago.

The distinctive grape and leaf design in three colors of gold make Black Hills Gold a unique American art form.  In an age of robotic manufacturing, each piece of Landstrom's Black Hills Gold continues to be handcrafted by our highly skilled and talented artisans.

According to legend, a French goldsmith named Henri LeBeau became lost during the "gold rush days" of the middle 1870s in the Black Hills of South Dakota. He fell asleep believing he was dying of thirst and starvation. During a dream, he saw a mountain stream with grapevines growing on its banks.

Upon awakening, he walked over a rise and found the stream and grapevines just as he had in his dream and, out of gratitude, dedicated his life and talents to creating jewelry in the shapes of grape clusters and leaves fashioned in rose, green and yellow gold.



]]> 2023-03-12 13:10:52 UTC https://padlet.com/qerickson11/xj6a92egr02bji1m/wish/2513158648 qerickson11 https://padlet.com/qerickson11/xj6a92egr02bji1m/wish/2513160803 Ring that my father had a hand in "designing" (he has no metalsmithing knowledge, I figure he just threw out "eagle on branch")]]> 2023-03-12 13:15:00 UTC https://padlet.com/qerickson11/xj6a92egr02bji1m/wish/2513160803 Homestake Mine, South Dakota. qerickson11 https://padlet.com/qerickson11/xj6a92egr02bji1m/wish/2513163382 The Homestake Mine was a deep underground gold mine (8,000 feet or 2,438 m) located in Lead, South Dakota. Until it closed in 2002 it was the largest and deepest gold mine in North America. The mine produced more than forty million troy ounces (43,900,000 oz; 1,240,000 kg) of gold during its lifetime. It provided most of the gold used in the Black Hills Gold industry. ]]> 2023-03-12 13:20:18 UTC https://padlet.com/qerickson11/xj6a92egr02bji1m/wish/2513163382 qerickson11 https://padlet.com/qerickson11/xj6a92egr02bji1m/wish/2513163711 2023-03-12 13:21:04 UTC https://padlet.com/qerickson11/xj6a92egr02bji1m/wish/2513163711 qerickson11 https://padlet.com/qerickson11/xj6a92egr02bji1m/wish/2513176773 2023-03-12 13:43:43 UTC https://padlet.com/qerickson11/xj6a92egr02bji1m/wish/2513176773 qerickson11 https://padlet.com/qerickson11/xj6a92egr02bji1m/wish/2513177283 Original designs influenced by the architecture for storing and processing ore on the homestake mine. While not used in this project, I am interested in the rose gold and green gold of Black Hills Gold alongside black stones and textures like Onyx. ]]> 2023-03-12 13:44:42 UTC https://padlet.com/qerickson11/xj6a92egr02bji1m/wish/2513177283 qerickson11 https://padlet.com/qerickson11/xj6a92egr02bji1m/wish/2513177395 Evolved into a more general mineshaft (or tube) design which would be constructed by scoring and folding a tube. The Kuembu would be on the interior surface of the tube, requiring one to look inside to verify its presence. ]]> 2023-03-12 13:44:57 UTC https://padlet.com/qerickson11/xj6a92egr02bji1m/wish/2513177395 qerickson11 https://padlet.com/qerickson11/xj6a92egr02bji1m/wish/2513177509 Idea became progressively simplified as the week progressed due to time. Also, having never scored and folded on sheet before, I was unaware of how time consuming it is. ]]> 2023-03-12 13:45:11 UTC https://padlet.com/qerickson11/xj6a92egr02bji1m/wish/2513177509 qerickson11 https://padlet.com/qerickson11/xj6a92egr02bji1m/wish/2513177696 2023-03-12 13:45:35 UTC https://padlet.com/qerickson11/xj6a92egr02bji1m/wish/2513177696 qerickson11 https://padlet.com/qerickson11/xj6a92egr02bji1m/wish/2515748538 2023-03-14 08:40:57 UTC https://padlet.com/qerickson11/xj6a92egr02bji1m/wish/2515748538 qerickson11 https://padlet.com/qerickson11/xj6a92egr02bji1m/wish/2515751935 Page 2 of the pdf above includes a technical explanation for my eventual choice to kumbu the outside rather than inside.]]> 2023-03-14 08:43:58 UTC https://padlet.com/qerickson11/xj6a92egr02bji1m/wish/2515751935 qerickson11 https://padlet.com/qerickson11/xj6a92egr02bji1m/wish/2515756057 2023-03-14 08:48:06 UTC https://padlet.com/qerickson11/xj6a92egr02bji1m/wish/2515756057 qerickson11 https://padlet.com/qerickson11/xj6a92egr02bji1m/wish/2515756434 2023-03-14 08:48:27 UTC https://padlet.com/qerickson11/xj6a92egr02bji1m/wish/2515756434 qerickson11 https://padlet.com/qerickson11/xj6a92egr02bji1m/wish/2515756778 2023-03-14 08:48:46 UTC https://padlet.com/qerickson11/xj6a92egr02bji1m/wish/2515756778 qerickson11 https://padlet.com/qerickson11/xj6a92egr02bji1m/wish/2515759122 In finishing or continuing on this project idea, I would consider creating green and rose gold alloys to incorporate the aesthetic of Black Hills gold. I would also consider putting something inside of or near the entrance to the mineshaft to encourage interaction. ]]> 2023-03-14 08:50:58 UTC https://padlet.com/qerickson11/xj6a92egr02bji1m/wish/2515759122