Simple Pleasures

I've updated the link to my photographs. You'll find it on the right of the page. I've added a couple of my favorite photos and given the web page has a new look.

Sterling Silver Chains

I've made a number of these chains over the past few years. They are labor intensive and intricate in nature to make. If you click on the photo, it will enlarge to show the detail. I start with sterling silver wire and then coil it around a steel shaft. After which I cut and soldered each link. Then the links are woven into each other to create the silver chain. This photo is of two chains, each 22" in length. Once polished, they are stunning.

Obsidian Fold Formed Wind Chimes

I took part in a workshop last summer taught by Charles Lewton-Brain on how to do fold forming using copper. He's from Canada and is amazing with what he is able to do with metal forming it into different shapes using just a hammer, a vice and his bare hands. Fold Forming is a little hard to explain, but basically it involves folding and unfolding the metal which creases the copper into various shapes. So being inspired by this workshop, I created some obsidian wind chimes out of fold formed copper. Copper is a wonderful material to work with because it's so forgiving and malleable. The leaf wind chime is an older one but I like the look so I included it in the set of photos. If you want to hear what the wind chimes sound like, go to one of my earlier posts where there are a couple of videos.