I wanted to post this. It's an AMAZING! hand-made and complicated piece titled "Southern Cross". The auction goes to 9 July. Sadly someone bid up to $350 and then withdrew their bid so it's sitting at $150NZ (about $118US), which includes courier in NZ or international shipping. Take a look at it and share please, you might know someone into ( Read more... )

I'm on the last days of vacation before heading back to work. Tomorrow is Friday, I'm back to work on Monday. Overall it's been a good vacation. I got some stuff done I wanted to, didn't get other things done but most importantly, overall had a nice, relaxing time ( Read more... )

Life has been it's usual. I realised I'm not only worn out when I get home from the training we're doing at work for the new systems & products coming in soon, but really by the time I get home & get dinner done I've only got a couple of hours before bed time. No wonder I can't seem to get anything done and am feeling forever-behind here. I miss ( Read more... )

Here are some recent Viking Knit creations. I had made a bracelet for a coworker G, she then asked me to make a baby bracelet for a newborn, she was going to a baby shower last weekend and asked if I could get one done for today. Bracelets usually take me 2 to 3 hours (for single knits) so no problem to knock it out this weekend. My neighbor ( Read more... )

I don't know how but a week has slipped by without me noticing how much time passed. I'm doing fine, working on another Viking Knit piece similar to the one I did for my Mom but in purple and silver spirals. I've finished off a red & black bracelet to match a necklace I did and have also done a masculine torq. Both are now at Craftworld and ( Read more... )

It is almost bed time. I've been working on Wingspan's Viking knit piece while I watch "Angels & Demons". It isn't done yet, I'm at the stage where I finish it off with the main pendant and other bits. I picked up a few pieces specifically to use on a piece for Wingspan: the replica eagle claw and the two little ceramic hawk/falcon/eagle ( Read more... )

I finished off the stubborn Harvest bracelet. I was ready to chuck the damned thing against a wall for awhile. I had an idea of what I wanted to do for the clasp, put some jade with it and stuff but I couldn't get it to work. I set it aside and it all came together last night. Here are the picts of the finished piece. I like how it turned out ( Read more... )

I had this one about 3/4 done. I finished it off yesterday, worked on it late into the night, got up this morning and FUBAR'd it and fixed it again ( Read more... )

I finished off another Viking knit necklace today. I still have to figure out the costs and the price for it but thought you'd all enjoy seeing it and some of the picts I took recently of the earlier experimental piece I worked on. I've looked at it and have priced it at $80NZ (apx $64US at an 80c exchange rate). It took a few hours less than the ( Read more... )

Yep, still doing it. I've only completed those 2 pieces for the store-the necklace & the bracelet both in bronze. I've been working on a double-weave and tried to do 2 different gauges of wire but have been having a lot of problems with it so it's taken a lot longer. Here is a nice example of a double weave, check out the 2nd picture for detail ( Read more... )