Here’s another new pendant finished during last weekend’s efforts:
I’m definitely excited to take more of my doodles from work notebooks and turn them in to something I can hold in my hand. (or rather, wear as jewelry!)
Small Green Pendant
I finally sat down to play with metal and fire this weekend and here’s what came out!
Very plain. Very simple. But still pretty. AND confidence boosting. I finished it in far less time than I’d expected AND now i have several more studio-type things set up and ready to use! (most notably: my buffer is up and running!)
Wine Glass Markers
Playin’ with spare parts:
Screwed?
This weekend I:
- Fixed the shed door. New hinges = the door closes easily now
- Finished assembling the compost bin – it is now one cohesive piece and will not fall over if you touch it. Let the composting begin in earnest!
- Bought COE 96 glass and assembled some photo transfer fusing stuff. Photos of that to come later this week. The firing will probably be Tuesday night, so… no pictures of the outcome until Thursday (or later)
- Assembled the working frame for the stained glass window. My mom, the stained glass teacher, was right…. putting it all in the frame pointed out how off-kilter it still was and I have much work to do to get it all to fit. But I made some progress.
The only picture from this yesterday’s projects worth showing is….
I guess i either got a little carried away with the electric drill or else I bought crummy quality screws. There are now two screws in the compost bin that are never coming out….
Tin can christmas ornaments
Industrial supplies as art…..
Here’s what happens when you are attempting to staple canvas to a frame…. and are also positioned exactly on top of a screw which is holding a large metal plate on to the wood….
This staple also currently lives in my wallet…. right next to the ninja sticker
Electrical wires as art?
This weekend the shift from flourescent to incandescent began!
(finally. this is only 3.5 years “in the making”)
With D’s help, not only does my basement bar now have 4 recessed lights rather than 2 gosh-awful, flickering flourescent lights…… but the “fear of” electricity has been shifted towards “healthy respect for” electricity. yay!
The ceiling tiles still need to be cut to fit around the new lights and trim will be put up, but I’m closer than ever before!!!
Soon
Silverwork….finally
Here’s the first silverwork I’ve done in all of 2007 that required use of a torch. yay! Torchwork is lots and lots and lots of fun! Next time, though, I’m going to prepare stuff at home so that I’m ready to play with fire the moment I step in to the studio
(note that I probably won’t make it back to that studio until some time in January… *sigh*)