Category: Iron & Metalwork
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Mined and Refined: Amethyst Rings
Mined and Refined: Amethyst is a set of two rings that can be worn together or separately. The larger one is made from a piece of iron pipe that was hot-forged to the proper size, then drilled, carved, and polished. The silver bezel cup is riveted to the iron ring. It is set with a very…
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Ring: Ogun as a Silver Miner
Ogun as a Silver Miner is a forged sterling silver ring that pairs a rusted 19th century handforged horseshoe nail with a natural goethite pebble set in a fine silver bezel. Goethite is an iron ore and is also one of the iron oxide constituents of rust. This shiny dark brown metallic pebble is…
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Black Steel Wire Hair Pins
These hair pins are made of 14-gauge hammered black steel wire and are 2.5 inches to 3.25 inches long. The tops were flattened and given a subtle hammer texture with a dapping punch. The finished pins were heated in the forge to give them a uniform dark gray color, then rubbed very lightly with peanut…
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More Earrings in Iron and Bone
Here are two more pairs of earrings made from catfish bones and forged iron. I collected the catfish bones in 1995 in the western Kentucky swamp, near the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. Floods fill the swamps every few years. On my visit, the ground was dry and the trees had a high…
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Copper Wildcat Mask
This wearable, adult-sized copper Wildcat Mask is a bit larger than my Cat Mask and looks more like a bobcat or a very large domestic cat. It is hand-raised from a flat sheet of copper, with decorative rivets on the whisker spots. My post on the Jaguar Mask has photos and a description of the mask-forming…
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Double Spiral Iron Bracelet
More recent additions to the website jewelry collection… I reworked the Big Cat Claw necklace to make it a bit more wearable. It has a new smaller, more curvy iron hook to hold the carved picture jasper claw pendant, and the pendant is now removable so it can also be worn on its own. I…
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New Jewelry
I spent most of the last moon cleaning up the Lichen Oracle glyphs and sewing a new pair of pants. For this moon I decided to catch up on metalwork to put on the website, and as the waxing crescent grew in the evenings, I was inspired to make these bone and iron Crescent Moon…
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Copper Labrys Amulet
This Copper Labrys Amulet has been lying on the bench for months in unfinished pieces. It’s finally done and will be on the website next week (I can’t get to the server at the moment). Hot-forged copper labrys amulet, 2.75 inches long and 2.25 inches wide. 6-gauge handle wrapped with 14-gauge wire. The handle is riveted…
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Website Update
I’ve made several changes to my website. All items for sale, of whatever kind, are now displayed on the artwork homepage. Viewers can now see at a glance what is available, and can click on the thumbnail photos to view larger pictures of items that interest them. The old Iron Jewelry page now displays an archive…
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Copper and Stone Flutes
This is a copper flute made from 1/2-inch copper tubing, just under 11 inches long. It is made in the style of a Japanese shakuhachi (rim-blown crescent-shaped mouthpiece; four soundholes in front, one in back; tuned to a pentatonic minor scale; decorative “root end” at bottom). True shakuhachis are at least twice this size, and are bamboo…
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