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jurgenwerk

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About jurgenwerk

https://jurgen.si

Recent public activity

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    I sell handmade busts and sculptures on Etsy: https://jurgenstudio.etsy.com/ Most months the profits can cover my basic living expenses.

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    Comment #39294379

    Terry Davis

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    Comment #38110648

    I wanted to suggest Etsy but I saw you already mentioned it.

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    Comment #37045605

    Made a heavy Fibonacci clock using concrete! https://jurgen.si/posts/concrete-fibonacci-clock/

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    Comment #36926435

    Well, that's easy. Slavoj Žižek. He's incredibly amusing.

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    Comment #34924513

    Is it you, Mr. Winston Wolf?

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    Comment #34488773

    Which one? I am planning on doing Ayrton Senna.

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    Comment #34486840

    It's intended to immediately differentiate from shops who sell cheap plastic sculptures. My customers appreciate heavy brutalist material I use. I spend zero time optimizing SEO, m…

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    Comment #34486487

    I get that question a lot. I do not worry about it. There's plenty of similar fan art selling around and I haven't noticed any actions taken to shut them down. I wouldn't reproduce…

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    Comment #34486449

    Thank you for your kind words. I have Wittgenstein on my TODO! Should be in the shop within a year.

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    Comment #34486444

    It's a an artistic person I found who is happy to produce copies of sculptures for me to get some side income. I teached her how to do it and gave her all my molds so she can do it…

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    Comment #34486437

    1. I hire a 3d designer to create the 3d model I want. For example, I send him a couple of photos of Alan Turing 2. After I am happy with the likeness, I 3d print it. In this phase…

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    Comment #34482636

    I sell handmade sculptures of influential people and famous monuments on Etsy - https://www.etsy.com/shop/jurgenstudio . Revenue is 2-6k USD depending on the season. I hired someon…

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    Comment #33155061

    Been here for many years, and I love it more and more. It's probably the smartest thing you can read online.

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    Comment #31403161

    I run an Instagram meme bot that posts photo commits of frustrated developers from Github. My last interviewer asked me if I can guide him through an interesting project of mine an…

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    Comment #30815294

    Has to be Evernote!

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    Comment #30439650

    From this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29571126

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    Comment #26726177

    Prepare to get swamped with messages!

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    Comment #26708879

    Synonyms Deluxe ( https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/synonyms-deluxe/kf... ) - Created this so I can express myself better in English. Now many people use it :)

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    Comment #26553892

    I make and sell concrete busts of famous people on Etsy. Revenue is around 2k per month. https://www.etsy.com/shop/jurgenstudio

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    Comment #26279697

    Kraken offers that.

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    Comment #25939384

    Evernote. The product is getting slower, more bloated and less user friendly with each release. That's been going on for many years now. I really wonder what's happening at that co…

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    Comment #25637543

    Thanks!! Means a lot. I reinforce but only if needed. If it's a more monolithic shape, then it's not really needed, but if there are parts that seem more breakable (thin) or bear s…

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    Comment #25631162

    I would be a full time artist. I create concrete sculptures. Have gotten amazing validation over the years and would really love to do it full time. If you're curious how this stuf…

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    Comment #25594065

    An interesting phenomenon about this book is when you read it, you start noticing who else read it too.