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one of my pieces has got a feature in wellydogs blog
oh and heappy new year to all (well most anyway)

new model army 03.12.10 video

another spiral design pendant and earrings

http://www.folksy.com/items/1137953-recycled-copper-pendant-and-matching-earrings?shop=yes

cut from a piece of copper given to me by my brother inlaw.It was annealed and cut into three pieces, then the design was worked in wire, taped onto the copper then beaten until its impressed into the metal. The earrings are hung on silver plated hooks and the pendant on adjustable waxed cotton.

It may not appeal to everybody but I like the scarred and used look old copper has,I could spend time polishing or hammering it out but it looses personality when you do that.

I've put this for sale on Folksy

new model army at the forum 03.12.10

once again my single trip to see a band this year has been New Model Army, this time I took both my older children, it was my sons first gig and my daughters second(the first also being nma). Friday was a worrying day what with the snow and general travel chaos across the country but we made it there and made it back without any major hassles.

here's a few photos

Love the zoom on my new camera

because I feel like it

one seasonal one not

unseasonal daisy earrings made from copper, copper coated steel and paper clips

http://www.folksy.com/items/1035425-steel-and-copper-daisy-earrings?shop=yes seasonal christmas tree earrings made from copper wire and foil stars

http://www.folksy.com/items/1035117-copper-christmas-tree-earrings?shop=yes

recycling found copper

This is made from an old copper electrical contact I found while crossing the round, it was on a traffic island with one of those illuminated bollards. the copper had this wonderful green patina but because I could not figure a way of keeping it and making the pendant wearable it had to go. The pendant is on waxed cotton which can be adjusted to desired length.

celtic earrings

I don't like the term "celtic" it's used to label things that really are something else with an equally ancient and rich tradition, but it is a convenient label. This simple design was a lot more difficult than I thought it would be with my work area now littered with bits of coiled copper wire.

In the picture above you can just make out a cat working its way up the tree towards a crow that is sat squawking at the top. The cat got about two thirds of the way up when it realised the bird was almost as big as itself and really didn't give a shit about the cat, the poor moggy then decided discretion was the better' and made its way back down.

new hobby

About a year ago I started dabbling with jewellery making, its a slow process as there does not sem to be any classes about locally, everything I have learned so far has been from the internet or from my brother-in-law(who also has a few odd hobbies). Here is my latest creation, a copper cuff made from sections of recycled pipe and rivetted together with a piece of 2mm sterling silver wire

so its been a while, you know how it is, you get carried away with an idea and it runs for a while and then you get bored, or the inspiration dries up or whatever.
I think some of the problem was trying to stick to so narrow a field, and its not like I know a huge lot about anything to dedicate a blog to it, so I think that I will be a little more relaxed and ramble on about whatever I like, and just maybe I will continue to keep writing......or maybe not, we shall see