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THE RAIN

THE RAIN
When we moved into our new house, after living in a flat in the city, we suddenly had a spare garage, lucky I know. All it really needed was a door...

SUPER SIZE MINE

SUPER SIZE MINE
today im making some wiggles - these wiggles are as much fun to make as they are to wear. i think often people are afraid to ask for what they real...

SLOW DOWN

SLOW DOWN
today i finished and delivered a wholesale order to ABODE at the Biscuit mill after a larger jobbie like this i like to reward myself with some tim...

PARCELS

PARCELS
when i was living in London my mom missed the hell out of me. she bridged the gap by sending me parcels. wonderful parcels with home-made cookies a...

FROM ONE TO FOUR

FROM ONE TO FOUR
so what ive been working on the last couple of days is for an old friend. we worked together at Tokara restaurant - that was during my Masters days...

YOUR DOG

YOUR DOG
this is a customer's own dog and how she approached me was perfect: she sent me a selection of photos of her furry friend and asked for a layered p...

HERE'S WHAT I DID TODAY

HERE'S WHAT I DID TODAY
I finished the assembly of the  maidenhair fern ring today   originally i planned to solder all the leaves together, swage them as a unit and then ...

JACO'S RING

JACO'S RING
this was my first commissioned piece when we moved back to South Africa in 2012 - my interpretation of an Irish wedding band. i had just had the de...

ENGRAVING

ENGRAVING
Ive completed the second test for applying texture to a tiny maidenhair fern leaf. i am very pleased with the results - engraving it by hand   even...

TEXTURE

TEXTURE
charlene's maidenhair fern ring project:   for applying the fine texture of the leaves we have several options that im first going to test in brass...

FIRST BLOG POST EVER

FIRST BLOG POST EVER
im always happy to get a call from Charlene. she's one of my favourite customers because she always has an idea up her sleeve and and is eager to b...