busy, busy boy....

So I've been a busy busy boy...

This is what I've been keeping myself busy with... The upper picture are cufflinks I've made for my body of work going towards my Btech. I had loads of fun with them, and I'm going to make one or two more versions of them.... 3 down, 37 left....

And then these little beauties are stock for the little black heart range... Yes finally I've started making... The designs were finalised a week ago and orders have been coming in from people who have seen them, so stockpiling needs to be done... Next I'm doing the razorblades...

So this is what I've been busy with, I'm teaching at the same time so I keep myself busy with students, studies and silver.... The 3 S's for me....

website... the preview

So this is the look for my website....

This is just going to be the general layout and design... going to start gettin it into gear... what do you all think?

Designing... Designing.... Designing

So this is my latest post... no duh...

Anyway so I recently started designing fulltime again... Holidays made me procrastinate and go really really lazy....

So these are some pics of my designs so far... Weirdly I seem not to like books, been using whatever piece of paper I find... I do like a little notebook.

Above is my design book for Univesity... working working... This year I have to pump out many many many pieces... Am I the only one realising I'm repeating words alot?

And then finally, moved on to computer where I model up the final piece in Rhino, to see how it's going to look. The reason for this, it seems more proffesional and I actually hate drawing...

So thats my really quick design process... My commercial range is developing, my pieces for university are being designed and everything else is falling into place... tada!

Newest bunny

So this is my latest take on my bunny rings...

No idea what to think of it... Any suggestions?  

The heart is going to be a stone held in place purelly with tension...

let's get married....

Hello my little blog monkeys.... So I've gotten a bit of a suprise recently...

My best friend told me she is getting married...

I'm very very excited for her, love both her and her boyfriend to bits...

So my wedding gift to them is I am making the engagment ring and wedding rings for them... Something I would do for oldest and closest friend....

So this is the design process of her ring... She already has the stones, infact she might even be getting more... And now I am just playing around until we find the perfect combination.... It has to be traditional, with a bit of flair and ellegance.... Add to it that I am her best man (she's not having a maid of honour) and I feel this has so be very very special.... It only happens once in a lifetime, unless divorce is an option for you...

Let's hope it's not....

golden bunnies and crosses... (birthday gifts and boredom)

so.... the end of year dawned upon me... it brings the end of my acedemic year and my birthday, which incidentally is also my younger brothers birthday (2nd birthday, thanx mom, can we get a refund?) So before I lost acces to a mayor big workshop, only until mid January though...

I did the following:

For those who have seen my portfolio from 3rd year might remebr my bunnie rings...

anyway I made a master of it and made a large amound of them (as seen above)

cast these into silver and treated them.....

The one above I gold plated, some I polished and the others I sandblasted or oxidised....

They don't look half bad, gonna sell them soon...

So coming back to my brother (and my birthday) I decided to make him a rosary (I never give him a present btw, and vice versa). the rosarie is the same as Ive made before, which he liked and just made it with black tourmaline... think of it as a belated 21st present....

renderings... for clients...

So these are renderings I did for clients... It's a pair of rosaries... Made for a couple for their aniversary The trick with this is the guy is a Pagan, so his has pentacle as the main piece and the first prayer bead is replaced with a cross. His girlfriend is Christian, hers has a cross and the bead is replaced with a pentacle... The actual pieces are in sterling silver with black tourmaline beads.... they came out stunning.... and it's a beautifully symbolic piece...