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Metalsmithin' n wood n stuff (Update Feb 1)
Forbe!
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Heres some of my semi-recent work that I have made with in the last year. Sorry for the poor image quality.
First project had to be a tea infuser. The form had to some how be related to tea/tea culture. The infuser is a tea blossom, the actual ball in the center is where the tea is placed. This isn't a functional piece.
Second project was based upon oldschool die forming. The project was about making a container about losing something. I based mine upon Van Gogh cutting his ear off.
This final set of pictures is from the castings I had to do. The assignment was to make a set of five rings that transformed. Ring 1-5 had to look different, but display a coherent transformation. I chose to do a ring into a bear trap.
It is painful to wear.
I'll have a few of my newer pieces up on Tuesday or Wed.
First project had to be a tea infuser. The form had to some how be related to tea/tea culture. The infuser is a tea blossom, the actual ball in the center is where the tea is placed. This isn't a functional piece.
Second project was based upon oldschool die forming. The project was about making a container about losing something. I based mine upon Van Gogh cutting his ear off.
This final set of pictures is from the castings I had to do. The assignment was to make a set of five rings that transformed. Ring 1-5 had to look different, but display a coherent transformation. I chose to do a ring into a bear trap.
It is painful to wear.
I'll have a few of my newer pieces up on Tuesday or Wed.
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Thanks for the comments guys.
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Hey! HEY! I asked first, man! ME!
i don't know my ring size!
um... very small, does that help?
guh, i'll find out. how do i find out?
but i don't want to wear the new ring on the same finger
i'll just take a piece of tape measure and measure my finger, how about that?
i love jewelry i'll commission you to make me lots of neat things.
in exchange for some sort of compensation
like money or something, i dunno...
I'm gonna make a set of etched Star Trek pins for my own enjoyment. I suppose I could really make any image into a pin.
I love the tea infuser.
I am also dying for one of those lovely rings.
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First stone setting I did from a few years back.
i swear i'd kiss your friggen face off.
My most recent piece. The project assigned to us was to create a Vinaigrette/Pomander. A vinaigrette is a Victorian piece of body adornment which would carry a scent, usually lavender or an essential oil. It was used to cover the bodies odor and provide pleasant smell to the user. I chose to do a modern take on a vinaigrette, using the smell of Anise (Absinthe/Licorice). The piece is meant to be placed in the pocket (there is no chain for it at the moment), but it would be attached to the bail/clasp (the chain lookin doo-dad). So in other words, it would be worn like a pocket watch. I still need to refinish the surface and replace the bail chain/clasp.
Anyways.
The front design has been acid etched on. The design is not my own.
The bail, as you can see, doubles as a lentil clasp, which holds the two inside pieces together. The top cap is tension fit, and is removable so you can open the inside.
The innermost box contains a piece of felt, which is what holds the scent. I decided to put an image on the inside, which would be intimate to the owner of the piece, because they will not be opening the box often to change the scent.
Here is a close up of the inside piece which carries the felt. The image is of death holding an hour glass and smoking a pipe. The words "We drink to die" are etched beneath the image.
Here is the backside of both boxes. The inside set of holes are larger to give the owner the ability to change the felt or refresh the scent.
I don't know what you are exactly talking about Beavo. An etching or an actual 3d model of the gun? I'd be willing to do some work for y'all but I need to know what chu want.
Nice.
All steel, except for a copper backing and nickel rivets. There is steel wool inset in the hole, and steel brush bristles coming out the side. I guess this is my ode to rust removal.
An image to show the relative size.
BIG BUBBLE!
Anyways, huge image dump. I'm probably going to make a second one, or at least repaint this one. I was thinking about putting some sort of metal accents around the stem and the rim of the bowl. I will probably end up making a new one, and leave it metal.
This piece is probably going to be part of a series. I wanted to make a kind of 'Young Gentleman's Kit' including a flask for the bubble solution, and maybe a cigarette case with bubble blowers or candy cigarettes (if I could find them). I am also planning on getting someone to do some graphic design work for me, make some packaging for the set.
C&C Appreciated.
Drawings of a few pieces I am either working on or preparing to work on.
The pill pin is almost done. And I am thinking of making some light up constellation pins. I figure, maybe I will drill out the holes in correspondence to each star in the constellation to let the light through. Then etch the form of the constellation around it, in the case of Ursa Minor/Major, a bear.
And an even slicker beard.
EDIT: Love the beard.