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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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Blog Hiatus
Obviously I haven’t updated this blog for awhile. I’ve been busy with several projects (two large scratchboard drawings; making flutes out of copper, bone and stone; forging a couple of iron bracelets) but my shop/studio time is limited, and updating the blog diverts time and energy away from more important work. It receives very few visitors, and…
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River Grass Knife, Reworked
River Grass Knife was the first blade that I forged. Made in 2004 from high-carbon steel, its blade and handle have the graceful curves that develop naturally as the steel is hammered thin on one edge (for the blade) or drawn out (for the handle). At the time, I had no belt sander to speed…
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Spectacle Fibula
The spectacle fibula is a type of coiled wire brooch from the late Bronze Age of southern Europe. The ancient ones were made from bronze wire and would have been bright golden when they were new, but most now have a dark green patina. To make the wire, a thin strip of bronze was chiselled…
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Forged Iron Tendril Bracelet
This bangle bracelet is forged from an 8-inch cut nail that was split, drawn out, rounded, coiled, and shaped to just under 4 inches in diameter. It was hand polished to a mirror finish before blackening. Because of its wavy shape and smooth, round contours, it is very well balanced and I can hardly feel…
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