This is my newest piece. I'm working on a series of these pendants right now. It's a cast Sterling silver base with antique watch parts riveted on. I'm not 100% thrilled with how the bail turned out, but I can improve that with the rest of them.


( Read more... )

I haven't posted in ages, so none of you will remember me. But! I wanted to share some of my art work. I graduated in June with a BFA in metal design and so this is the stuff I made for my thesis exhibition.

( Read more... )

Hello, I am presenting some of my projects ... I'm only an amateur to the work metal...

( Read more... )

Posted on jewelrymakers too ( Read more... )

we have started our silver smithing class. i made five rings and a pendent, i seem to have a knack for this. i guess i will be making a new living out of this. these are my first attempt at making any kind of jewerlly.( pictures )

( Offered up for your perusal... )

Hi there. I was lighting my acetylene torch a bit ago and I accidentally lit it when the valve wasn't letting enough gas through. it made a rapid succession of quiet popping noises and some smoke came from my torch tip. I closed the torch valve and the tank valve and went out of the room. A little while later I came back and turned on the torch ( Read more... )

Here's a picture of a brooch I made recently for a competition (Ars Ornata - Inside Out), but it also counts towards my degree work (I'm in 2nd year and loving it!). It's a composite skeleton, essentially, and the pin and catch are formed by the hands (one of which is a bat's arm and the other is sort of human).

( just the one photo )

I stumbled across this site today, and it looks potentially intriguing. It doesn't seem to have a lot of members yet, but the idea of a metals-specific social networking site does appeal to me! I've joined, though I haven't participated yet, and thought others might be interested ( Read more... )

Here's an idea for an art project. I want to construct a hanging metal sign. The support will be a basic pole with an arm on it that I can construct at my forge. The sign I want to be a piece of sheet metal that I've cut holes and lines through to form the Japanese kanji for rain. It will hang from the crossbar of the pole from two supports on ( Read more... )