Time for some Lovin'?

Forging something...beautiful?

A Very Special Ring

Over the holidays our daughter Sarah and her long-time boyfriend Brian got engaged!

Guess who gets to make the ring?!

A perfect fit.

Bowls for...

...jewelry...

...keys and rings...

...Bowls for your things.

Play Day

I needed an afternoon to play around with a new tool, this was my first experiment with it. The technique is called anticlastic raising, which means to form a sheet into an object that has two curves at right angles to each other as well as going in opposite directions. In visual terms, saddle-like.

Hmmmmm, I think I will need more than just one afternoon to play with this... I'm thinking bracelets but not with straight edges... OH MAN! It just hit me! How about more ruffles? I wonder what would happen if I did some of that ruffley action on an edge that flairs out then do a bit of anticlastisism (ha! I just made that word up!) on the entire thing.... Arg Trapped at home without my new tool! Help me.

Oh Boy, Mama's Got a New Toy!

I mean tool....I can't wait to play...I mean use it!

Sterling and Copper Ruffles

Look out, I'm on a hammering roll.

Oh how I love these in copper and sterling and gods help me....gold?!

Maybe just a touch... maybe.

My Sterling Ruffles

Sterling and mine.

All mine!

Don't worry, I made more!

More Ruffled Earrings

Mmmmmm Just can't get enough of these!

I made a special pair for myself, I'll share pictures when I can snap some...

Ruffled Earrings

These earrings are a kick to wear!

They are like the ruffle at the bottom of a Spanish dancers' dress.

Or the petals off a poppy.
A copper poppy.

Recipe for Happiness

My friend and woodworker Carl from the Co-op brought me three (!!!) large stumps for all my hammery work. They weigh near 100 pounds and he hauled them out of the truck...

Took a chainsaw to them in three places so they do not wobble...(I wonder what folks in downtown Benton Harbor thought of the sound of a chainsaw early on a Sunday morning...hmmmm)

He even hauled them into my studio...*phew* They are solid and I love, love, love working on them! That picture up there is just sooooo cute it's like my little old stump is looking up to her big sister.

Check this out! They even have some beautiful lichens growing on the sides, my studio smells like the deep forest now...Nice.
Thanks again Carl!