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Lately I've been very busy at uni, but unfortunately I had a cold/cough/random illness last week that meant I didn't spend as much time in the workshop as I would have liked.
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Raised copper bowl
A copper bowl. This is the first raised piece I've done. It may not look amazingly impressive, but it took about two and a half hours to do. I'm quite pleased with it and despite the technique being quite slow, it's very satisfying. The middle of the bowl has been partly planished.
Raised copper bowl
From a slightly different angle...
Silver salamander necklace
I made this when doing an evening course in jewellery in Edinburgh. It was about the second thing I ever made. Underneath its front feet it has little loops holding the chain. It looks copper in the photo but it's silver.
Fox pendent
A very simple silver pendent, made while doing the evening course in Edinburgh.
Silver and amber ring
A silver ring with an amber cabochon, again made during the evening course. I wear this quite regularly.
Glossary of some silversmithing terms.
Other than uni I've not been up to an awful lot. I did go to London at the weekend to see the ever lovely Sarah and boyfriend. Other than that, I've mostly been sitting around doing not very much.
I have hardly read a word in six weeks. This is Bad and Wrong and will hopefully be rectified by me going on a reading spree. I have several books lined up already but please feel free to recommend books you think I must read at all costs. Currently I'm halfway through "Sophie's World", a book I've been meaning to read for something like eight years.
Life is good. It'd be better if I saw more people more often. I have not that much money (bah) and I work Saturdays (also bah) but seeing people is quite high on my list of priorities.
Click on the photos for bigger versions.
Raised copper bowl
A copper bowl. This is the first raised piece I've done. It may not look amazingly impressive, but it took about two and a half hours to do. I'm quite pleased with it and despite the technique being quite slow, it's very satisfying. The middle of the bowl has been partly planished.
Raised copper bowl
From a slightly different angle...
Silver salamander necklace
I made this when doing an evening course in jewellery in Edinburgh. It was about the second thing I ever made. Underneath its front feet it has little loops holding the chain. It looks copper in the photo but it's silver.
Fox pendent
A very simple silver pendent, made while doing the evening course in Edinburgh.
Silver and amber ring
A silver ring with an amber cabochon, again made during the evening course. I wear this quite regularly.
Glossary of some silversmithing terms.
Other than uni I've not been up to an awful lot. I did go to London at the weekend to see the ever lovely Sarah and boyfriend. Other than that, I've mostly been sitting around doing not very much.
I have hardly read a word in six weeks. This is Bad and Wrong and will hopefully be rectified by me going on a reading spree. I have several books lined up already but please feel free to recommend books you think I must read at all costs. Currently I'm halfway through "Sophie's World", a book I've been meaning to read for something like eight years.
Life is good. It'd be better if I saw more people more often. I have not that much money (bah) and I work Saturdays (also bah) but seeing people is quite high on my list of priorities.