I have sold 15 cones on Etsy in the last week and there is a new feeling in the air, something along the lines of excitement and anticipation. The year of the Snake slithers to an end next week and the powerful Horse takes over on the new moon (17th Feb). I sold and gave away around 10 cones over Christmas and it has become clear to me now that most people are not interested in the benefits these paramagnetic basalt cones offer. They buy them or accept them as gifts from me because they like the way they look. But the fact remains, they do still have benefits!
Ever keen to find experiments proving these benefits, one month ago i put apples in two boxes and stored them in the same room at the same height, one with a cone on top and one without.
A month later i opened the boxes and checked the contents.
It was clear right away that the apples in the box with the cone were in a decent condition and i could happily have munched on them.
While the apples in the box without the cone were fast on their way to becoming compost. No longer food.
I felt excited about these results so i made this film and added it to the 'proof cones work' playlist.
Freezing glasses of water with and without cones was the previous experiment i also captured on film.
My most popular film on the new channel appears to be this one. A DIY type film showing how we make the cones. Very quickly.
Winter production
I've been busy over the last few months creating a 'new breed' of cone.
This time with colour.
Felt hesitant in the past to paint them like this because it hides our view of the basalt beneath but as i mentioned, people don't seem to care about the basalt, so i let it go and made this rainbow cone for Sabrina's mother.
I like the way it looks from above.
Base here.
Then i made this one for Sabrina's brother. All black with flecks of blue.
Base here with infinity/number 8.
Then i made one for Sabrina's father.
Base here.
Finally i made one for a UK friend who came to visit for a few nights during the Christmas period.
Ah yes, and a local friend bought two after i gave him a basic one as a gift.
The man who makes my molds very kindly sent me a massive mold for free as a most welcome Christmas present so i am now able to make cones which are five times bigger than before. This one is almost 5kg.
It has a white base with a flower of life symbol.
Haven't listed it for sale yet but i will. Around €200 seems fair given the huge amount of basalt in it.
Larger versions for the garden are also now being produced, ready to be listed on Etsy.
I've seen how effective the smaller cones are so i can't wait to try out this massive one on my land.
In addition i started working on a new range of cones with red dye in the mix.
I just add a little bit of black paint at the bottom before adding the copper sticker and the resin, meaning that one can actually see the basalt in these cones! It's those little flecks of black.
Will sell this model for €44. I think it's a decent price.
Have also been making mini cones which are just under 1/10 the size of a regular cone.
I have a whole range of them now.
Even simpler ones here i intend to sell for around €5 each.
Or six for €26 so you can put them in this configuration which will be way more effective than six mini cones placed randomly.
The energy of a cone is condensed at the apex so one might also put their seeds at the centre of this configuration for a few days as a way to boost them before planting. Assuming you don't have a copper pyramid which is the optimum tool for this purpose.
It occurred to me at some point over the Christmas period that the heightened energy around the apex of a cone could be used as a charging station for something worn on the body so i bought a little torus mold and started playing.
I am still learning but the results so far have been encouraging.
My thought was that one could place their pendant like this at night so that it may be fully energized during the day when it is worn on the body.
Really love their vibe and have been enjoying wearing one.
This one is made with iron powder. Has a decent weight to it. Plus magnets stick to it!
These pendants will soon be listed alongside all the new cones in the Etsy shop which can be found here:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/electroculturecones
I did have some problems around packaging/postage and more than one person has received their cone slightly broken so i either replaced them or returned their money. But this has led me on a great journey of discovery around packaging. It seems the basic principle is that one must expect the postman to play football with it! Only in this way can one be sure it won't get broken.
So with this in mind i packaged up six cones yesterday, ready for anything.
Each cone has its own box in which it is completely stabilized.
Each box is then packed with newspaper leaving no empty space.
Each cone has its tip supported with 8 pieces of card at the top.
The final piece of card receives our super fancy branding.
The boxes are sealed and placed in a larger box with insulation all around them.
A final layer of newspaper is placed above them.
The larger box is sealed with FRAGILE tape and we are good to go.
I've said it before but i feel really good about this packaging and don't see how anything can get broken!
Looking forward now to the amazing leaps and bounds only a Horse year can offer.
Love & Light everyone 🌱
