cherry bomb necklace

I love creating stuff...that's an understatement...but I really love having a goal in mind or a person to send the art to. This piece I have named "Cherry Bomb", it had to have a retro name because it's for a very retro lady by the name of Barbe Saint John...now if you don't know who she is then I suggest you click on her name and go take a looksee at her work.

Although the colour of this piece looks orange it is in fact red...that will teach me for taking photos in low light

I have used glass, crystal, rusted metal, silk velvet, brass wire and more

Pretty Little Mongrel wearable art

Every chain is unique and different

"Zombie Lou Protection Pendant" (UNAVAILABLE)

"Give and Take"

"Prim and Proper Purple"

"Green and Gold/Aussie"

"Blue Moon"

"Confusion"

"Lady Lie"

I enjoy playing and creating and quite often people ask where they can see a sample of my "Flooded" canvas art, so I decided what better way to show and share my work than to be able to wear it!?! So I have begun with these seven pieces, each so very different, each although grungey and eclectic they still appear very feminine. I am thrilled with how well they have turned out and I have plans for many more. Of course I can't keep them all, if you are interested in purchasing a piece please feel free to email me at atclindab@yahoo.com.au The pieces you see here are $45.00 (AUS$) each.

Fold Forming...AKA bashing the crap out of metal

my very first attempt at fold forming...this is brass, I have it sitting on the sheet it was cut from...neat eh?

"Let anger flow"

brass leaves, crystals and small brass disks sway lightly

22 gauge copper wire...balled and bent...so very delicate

balled and bent copper wire, 22 and 18 gauge

balled, bent, annealed, forged...pretty!

brass wire

copper and brass jump rings...hand made, annealed and raw

big hook!

I know I have been a bit quiet...and rightly so, I am doing my best to get myself back to where I was...sometimes it is easier than other times, but I will get there. I have not felt creative, and this does not serve me well as I sit around and do nothing if I am not busy, this is unhealthy and I know that. So a few days ago I felt agressive, and what's a girl to do when she feels like that? Get out the hammer! So I got out my 16 hammers...I kid you not! and I got out my sheet of brass, copper wires, crystal beads and butane torch...and I tried fold forming and I balled brass and copper wire, and I forged and folded and it felt so good to be creating again. I have this beautiful piece hanging in my studio window now and I look at it every day and it reminds me that it's ok to be angry about bad things but it's great to take it out on metal and create something good. Thank you to everybody for your wonderful support and concerns for me, it will always be greatly appreciated.

 

playing with ribbon

I took a break from my paper work for next year's classes to relax and look through my stash of ribbons from Green Tara, after a little play with layering them to make a 4x4 inch log cabin patch I decided I needed a new headband to keep my hair out of my face...what better than to use funky ribbons! I also used some of the cute metal flowers as centers for the blooms...they come flat, so I used my flush cutters to cut the metal and bend them up before glueing to another flat flower. I think they look pretty cool and very funky. The patch will be a part of a wall hanging...the pins won't be staying, although they do look good

products used:

• 2cm metal flowers
• 9mm vertical stripe ribbon (used in patch)
• 22mm vertical stripe ribbon (used for flowers)

QKD blog hop

here I am again hopping along with the weekly Queen Kat Designs blog hop and sharing my creation with you. Here is an ATC I created using QKD's Rockstar Rebel rubber stamp set.

I like a versatile product and I know I have found that in using this set, I used the ATC I had made in my last blog hop post as a background and embellished it with the skull from the set to change the look of it.

The cardstock I used started as an offwhite, I used a little distress ink and spritzed with water to blend it through. I used my finger nail to rough up the edges. The guitar is stamped on to an acetate ATC and coloured with a permanent marker, the skull was stamped onto metal shim and hand tooled/embossed to give the piece dimension. I am thinking it would make a very cool brooch for my skull apron...methinks I might need to make a few.


So now I'll send you onto the next blog...Random Thoughts . If by chance you want to start at the beginning of the hop...bounce here first

my play as a metalsmith

On the weekend I was lucky enough to be a student in a two day workshop taught by Keith Lo Bue. He is great metalsmith and is very generous with his ideas and inspiration, I learned so many little things that have given me new ideas to use in my own creations. We also had Keith's lovely daughter Mira in class and I was the recipiant of a pair of hand made earrings by the clever girl.

The pics you see here are my play with steel in the workshop