Prototype Ruby Ring

I pulled out an old sketch book (after I melted a piece, grrrrr) to dig up an old idea I sketched dated February 19, 2008! I only had an hour of studio time left so I scrambled and got it roughed out. I'm actually very pleased with this, rough and unfinished and raw as it is, I see what it will be. Hammered, textured, filed, sanded and polished....maybe put it on a tiny sinusoidal stake....such potential. I see an entire series....

I can't wait until tomorrow.

Beach Pebble Necklace

Trying a different photo set up.
Planning to peek at this on a few different computers.

Eucalyptus Necklace

Oh boy what fun this one was to make....

And it looks so lovely on Carl's wife Christine....

Happy Hour (Back by Popular Demand)-Sauvignon Blanc

Starborough Vineyards Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand, nice, not too rich tasting nor complex, but Hey, it's a screw-top! It was good with the roasted chicken. Besides I bought it for the nicely textured label, I'm gonna texture some metal with it!

Please note the lovely glass made by Jerry Catania of Water Street Glassworks
I bought it several years ago up at the barn studio in Saugatuck. Still love it!

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.