What am I working on at the Moment?

I am working on several things at the moment. Firstly there is the cutlery for a friend who is disabled and has minimal use of her body and can only lift her arm but unable to hold anything like cutlery in order to eat, so she originally commissioned me to make her a couple of spoons that are on rings so that it can be worn. Now after getting used to those I am making a larger spoon and a pasta fork. I have found this extremely enjoyable. Then there is the Geometric ring which i have photographed the wax, as it was carved and i will be casting it for my customer and the i will also be offering it on my website for sale in various metals. Then there are a couple of engagement rings. Also there is another pair of unusual cufflinks which are in the shape of a special robot. Photos will follow as i will also put them on my flickr site.

ETSYMETAL'S OTHER APRIL PROJECT

Here's my entry for etsymetal's "found objects" April theme. It is my Dragon pool ring. It has these little shells and sand from an island on the barrier reef...

I JUST LOVE BEING IN THE STUDIO & MAKING THINGS!

I made this last night for a customer and i must say that the green is really lovely against the silver!

my armbelts are very popular and really fun to make.

on another note, today i received a disc and this beautiful heart bead from tosca teran at hybryd nanopod studios who lives in canada. i sent her some australian pods. i will also be sending some soil from byron and bondi beach!

have a look at the beautiful bead and our little cat sparkle trying to gently touch it...

THE VERONICA EARRINGS

The way some of my work comes about is through making a piece for someone that I know, like for example THE VERONICA EARINGS. I made these specially for my friend Veronica. She was having some surgery and I thought that it would be a nice little surprize.

These enabled me to come up with with my new hoop/hook, which I'm sure it wont be long befor other jewellers will be doing the same as it always happens in my industry...

My daughter and I just got back from Veronica's (& family) house where they were entertaining friends & family. Certainly looked like a fun time was had by all.

INSPIRATION IS EVERYWHERE

Spent the Easter school Holidays down the South Coast Of New South Wales at the family's holiday house in Broulee (a teeny village by the sea). We got up early (6 am!) every morning and walked the dogs down to the bay at the other end of the beach and back (took about an hour!).

Found a lot of inspiration on my walks. I photographed what I liked and what caught my eye on my walks. Things that inspired me....

i saw necklaces in the beaded seaweed that had washed ashore and components for earring and rings in the shells and sand that we walked on...

WORKS IN PROGRESS

i'll be posting some stuff about what i'm working on at the moment.
Here is the barb of a stingray. I'm in the process of making a handle in silver with gems on it. It will be very ornate and sort of organic, as it should have a sort of regal extraterrestrial feel about it, sort of futuristic. it's about 280mm long and 20mm wide at the widest part. it has these amazing teeny hook
like teeth

Oh My, How Much Do I Love Metal....

Finally, I have a blog! If it wasn't for marshatoh (thank you marsha),i don't think that I would have done this..

Firtsly, I feel a bit clueless when it comes to the web. What I thought I would do is show some of my favorite pieces of jewelry (or jewellery, depending on where you are) and other lovely bits.

here is my messy workspace... but still, I like it.