Cannabis Goldsmith - A Show About Art and Design – Details, episodes & analysis

As podcasts I once trusted for news, journalism, and truth become chat shows or mouthpieces for a handful of US tech companies trying to justify their extreme valuations, I take a step back and consider if I really need their advertorial content or banter. I am cutting them out of my life becausethey are spreading slop now too.

It’s time to focus on truth, art, and the real.

I talk about how emotionally trying it can be for an artist to look at work they produced when young. There are a lot of reasons why artists can’t look back and I explain some of them.

We have started looking for  sponsors for the show. Send me an email for our rate card, if you want to connect deeply with artists and creatives around the world, the Cannabis Goldsmith is the place to do it. Only one sponsor perepisode.  Money earned through advertising or sponsorship of this show will go directly to the TRIBE MAGAZINE photographic archive digitization project.

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The Cannabis Goldsmith is an Art & Design podcast produced by TRIBE COMMUNICATIONS INC. in Ontario, Upper Canada.
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One of the greatest human experiences you can have is when you resonate with an artist's work, or it resonates with you on some almost unconscious level.

Petr Válek's synthesizers are hand-built from found materials and embellished with designs coming from a very deep place in a rural area in the Czech Republic. They are also fun and comical. How can an art object contain such multitudes? How can I buy one of these for my own studio?

In the second half of the show I talk about all the big diamonds turning up at auction houses as the rich try to unload and go liquid to face an impending market crash.

My thought is that the Mellon Blue auction price signified the peak of diamond auction prices. I explore why certain diamonds sell for more than others and also speculate as to the the value of Taylor Swift's engagement ring diamond in a hundred years.

Not only does Petr Válek look like a paint covered artist, but his art is amazing. Check it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDG-zQF0kvI

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Send an email to alexd@cannabisgoldsmith.com to get on our mailing list or to order custom jewelry products from TRIBE.

The Cannabis Goldsmith is an Art & Design podcast produced by TRIBE COMMUNICATIONS INC. in Ontario, Upper Canada.

© and ℗ 2025 Alex Dordevic

TRIBE is a registered trademark

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Artists can be prickly, but we are brave. In this episode, I artsplain why the National Gallery of Canada and its new director, Jean-François Bélisle, need to get out of their offices and into Canadian communities to connect with artists on the ground. If only our national arts institutions would support Canadian artists instead of generating bold yet meaningless policy rhetoric.

I marvel at how the recent National Gallery Annual Public Meeting, held on September 8th in Fredericton, has absolutely zero mention of any kind online. These show notes are the very first mention of the annual meeting online. Do you know how incredibly rare and unusual that is?

Why, in this day and age of smartphones, where there are at least 10 pictures or social media posts about everything, is there nothing online about this annual meeting? No social media posts, no news stories (local or national), no photos, no reviews, no transcripts, no video on the National Gallery’s site. Nothing. Not a single mention anywhere. We looked hard.

What that means is the National Gallery’s Annual Public Meeting had zero organic reach. Zero. Nobody was interested enough to post a single photograph or comment about it. That is telling.

These institutions serve what purpose exactly?

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Send an email to alexd@cannabisgoldsmith.com to get on our mailing list or to commission custom jewelry products from TRIBE.

The Cannabis Goldsmith is an Art & Design podcast produced by TRIBE COMMUNICATIONS INC. in Ontario, Upper Canada.

©2025 TRIBE

TRIBE is a registered trademark

There were too many natural diamond necklaces at the Golden Globe Awards and here's why. Two magnificent women get my Worst and Best Jewelry at the Show Awards. It was was all in the coordinating. The impending natural diamond fire sale...

Mentioned:

Gillian Anderson

https://www.instagram.com/gilliana/

Keri Russell

https://kerirussellweb.com/the-81st-golden-globe-awards-update/

Frank Fleming

https://www.instagram.com/flfstyle2/

See what we make:

A first look at the Baby Unicorn Horn that will become a pendant:

https://www.instagram.com/p/C1E_3oROV-w/

TRIBE - The World's Luxury Cannabis Jeweler

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The Cannabis Goldsmith is an Art & Design podcast produced by TRIBE COMMUNICATIONS INC. in Ontario, Canada.

©2024 TRIBE

TRIBE is a registered trademark.

86-year-old pioneer woman Helen, David Lynch, and Kara Swisher are my spirit animals

Mentors, spirit animals, guides: do they even have to know you are using them for inspiration? Here's how to pick the right mentors or spirit guides to help you realize your art.

Mentioned:

David Lynch: The Art Life (2016)

https://www.imdb.com/video/vi1487321369/

Kara Swisher's book is out in February:

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Burn-Book/Kara-Swisher/9781982163891

See what we make:

A first look at the Baby Unicorn Horn that will become a pendant:

https://www.instagram.com/p/C1E_3oROV-w/

TRIBE - The World's Luxury Cannabis Jeweler

https://tribe.ca

The Cannabis Goldsmith is an Art & Design podcast produced by TRIBE COMMUNICATIONS INC. in Ontario, Canada.

©2024 TRIBE

TRIBE is a registered trademark.

Here are my New Year's Resolutions. You can hold me to them. The big one - I am going to raise the funds needed for the gear to digitize the TRIBE MAGAZINE photographic archive, to protect it for the future. AND, amazing new jewelry products for stage or self are coming in 2024. Bigger pieces, more color, bolder.

See what we make:

A first look at the Baby Unicorn Horn that will become a pendant:

https://www.instagram.com/p/C1E_3oROV-w/

TRIBE - The World's Luxury Cannabis Jeweler

https://tribe.ca

The Cannabis Goldsmith is an Art & Design podcast produced by TRIBE COMMUNICATIONS INC. in Ontario, Canada.

©2023 TRIBE

TRIBE is a registered trademark.

Yes? Or maybe you just had to step outside for a break from the food & family. I'm in the Studio today, designing a "joint rolling" themed man broach which I hope to make in Sterling Silver, BC Jade, and 18K Yellow Gold. Destination unknown, more of an art piece, but perfect for the Met Gala or a music award show.

See what we make:

TRIBE - The World's Luxury Cannabis Jeweler

https://tribe.ca

The Cannabis Goldsmith is an Art & Design podcast produced by TRIBE COMMUNICATIONS INC. in Ontario, Canada.

©2023 TRIBE

TRIBE is a registered trademark.

Nobody knows your designs better than you, so use that deep knowledge to sell your products. On the bench: we are making a large Cornicello pendant out of a rare Baby Unicorn Horn which you can see in process on our Insta page @tribedotca. There's nothing like this jewelry piece and it'll be an ideal pendant to rock on a big stage or at the Met Gala.

Happy Holidays to you all!

See what we make:

TRIBE - The World's Luxury Cannabis Jeweler

https://tribe.ca

The Cannabis Goldsmith is an Art & Design podcast produced by TRIBE COMMUNICATIONS INC. in Ontario, Canada.

©2023 TRIBE

TRIBE is a registered trademark.

What is an artist studio? Why do you need one? How do you build your first studio? You'll know after listening to this episode.

See what we make:

TRIBE - The World's Luxury Cannabis Jeweler

https://tribe.ca

The Cannabis Goldsmith is an Art & Design podcast produced by TRIBE COMMUNICATIONS INC. in Ontario, Canada.

©2023 TRIBE

TRIBE is a registered trademark.

This simple trick will unlock your creativity. Use my secret artist brain hack to get new creative ideas and break through creative blocks. It's free, and it works.

See what we make:

TRIBE - The World's Luxury Cannabis Jeweler

https://tribe.ca

The Cannabis Goldsmith is an Art & Design podcast produced by TRIBE COMMUNICATIONS INC. in Ontario, Canada.

©2023 TRIBE

TRIBE is a registered trademark.