tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40502259338738906542024-03-05T16:29:33.547-08:00Juliet's workshopAn exploration of hand-made metalwork and its processesJuliethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17197660804330226670noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4050225933873890654.post-23724004693629534222012-03-06T07:57:00.000-08:002012-03-06T07:57:27.570-08:00Ice block<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I knew it was cold in the workshop, but hadn't really been paying too much attention to just <i>how</i> cold until I saw this. As a result, I haven't been very productive lately; the steel tools are permanently icy, and have the effect of making me lose sensation in my fingers. This makes it much more difficult to work effectively.</span><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Above is a selection of bracelets made to date, and of some of the tools needed to make them. Once the outline is cut out, the copper form needs to be fixed to a lead block with broad-headed nails to hold it in place while you work. The lead block provides support to the metal, and allows it to move only where the punch is placed. When the copper form is removed after chasing, the lead has taken the form of the design and needs to be flattened with a heavy hammer before being used again.</span><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> This is the second of the 'Bird' bracelets, fixed in place on the lead block. Once attached, outlines can be drawn with a felt-tip pen and then hammered in with the appropriate punches. </span><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">After the outlines have been punched, the ground is added with a texture punch. The deeper this is the better it looks</span>, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">so I usually go over it a few times. The most difficult aspect of this stage is getting the textured ground even, as the punch is quite small and needs to be hit reasonably hard.</span><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I decided to try a change in shape and motif, to see what's possible with the tools I have. The partial curves lend themselves nicely to waves and spirals, so I'm planning some more exploration along these lines while sticking with the bird/animal forms.</span><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For the second design in the 'wave' series, I wanted to introduce a fish/sea monster design, and had been thinking of the kinds of forms which appear in Australian Aboriginal art, and those from Chinese drawings. These fish are very loosely based on a combination of these styles.</span>Juliethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17197660804330226670noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4050225933873890654.post-41371350695103577952012-02-11T03:37:00.000-08:002012-02-11T03:42:43.915-08:00Copper Bracelets<table><tbody>
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</td> <td style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In order to progress, I've decided to stray a little from the form of the 'demonstration' bracelets, and lot from their design motifs. The first step of this process is to draw a new form, and make a cardboard pattern from which the copper shapes can be traced and cut. The first shape I'm trying is not vastly different from the demonstration shape; it's more rounded in the centre, so that a circle can be worked into the design, but is otherwise very similar. <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The copper form is cut from sheet with tin snips, and then filed to shape and deburred. I like to clean the copper surface with steel wool before beginning, in order to remove any oxides. It's much easier to do this now, while the piece is flat, and it means you can see your design more clearly as you work.</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The technique employed here is <i>chasing</i>, whereby designs are hammered into the copper using a series of customised punches. More information about technical aspects will appear in the next post.</span>Juliethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17197660804330226670noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4050225933873890654.post-4863626231615177562012-01-01T12:25:00.000-08:002012-01-01T12:25:57.479-08:00Pink Saturn Set<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Along with the colour change, some slight variation to the crimping technique has been made, to ensure that the components fit as tightly together as possible.</span><br />
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pink Saturn Pendant, detail</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The next step will be to consolidate the Saturn designs, and produce a marketable quantity</span> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">of these two colour combinations. Some alterations have been made to the constantly evolving production and anodising processes in order to streamline them and make them more financially viable.</span>Juliethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17197660804330226670noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4050225933873890654.post-945909077066962022011-12-13T08:41:00.000-08:002011-12-13T08:44:33.538-08:00Planet Bracelet<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Planet bracelet</span></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A natural progression from the Saturn pendant and earrings, this bracelet is intended to complete the set. In practical terms, this particular piece only fits my small wrist, so the final version will probably have 5 spheres rather than the 4 seen here.</span></span><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The construction is similar to the pendant and earrings; anodised aluminium spheres, strung together on nylon-coated stainless steel cable, and clasped with sterling silver fastenings.</span></span><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> There are some problems getting the crimps tight enough to hold the spheres together, as the cable tends to move out of alignment as it passes through the middle section of the sphere. I'm hoping to fix this on the next piece by drilling smaller holes and paying more attention to cable alignment as the crimping takes place.</span></span><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Another new workshop development is the aquisition of Adobe Lightroom, which is why the style of photography has changed considerably since the last post. I imagine it will probably take some experimentation to find a winning formula, so things might vary a bit until then...</span></span></span>Juliethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17197660804330226670noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4050225933873890654.post-37411699874267998742011-09-26T04:55:00.000-07:002011-09-26T04:55:46.455-07:00Heart Rate Ring and the Saturn Series<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFttb2kgQ39c0uLuOpv_Gn3AvxQl-2nDCcouB-PlgYgYqNXLdjv5HJqSyr2Cw-h0DHe8NkQ_NMcjg-dHImY6IuYSfMx5YjJqESKne_NcJYGzIQtzNsyDXE61VKnF5SEI9f_iI-eXLkZh84/s1600/DSC_0774.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFttb2kgQ39c0uLuOpv_Gn3AvxQl-2nDCcouB-PlgYgYqNXLdjv5HJqSyr2Cw-h0DHe8NkQ_NMcjg-dHImY6IuYSfMx5YjJqESKne_NcJYGzIQtzNsyDXE61VKnF5SEI9f_iI-eXLkZh84/s320/DSC_0774.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Black Heart Rate Ring, after anodising, dying and engraving</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">After much procrastination, I finally got round to anodising and engraving the men's version of the Heart Rate Ring. I'd been holding off because I had to figure out how to jig it adequately. Since this piece doesn't have any holes in its design, I made a couple of small indents on the inside surface, and made a kind of sprung pincer from thick-gauge aluminium wire. The engraving was added after anodising, in order to give the line a contrasting colour.</span><br />
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Saturn pendant</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">These pieces are the start of a new planet-based line of work</span>. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The idea was to create something modular, which could be used to make sets of pendants, earrings and bracelets. For now, I'm sticking with the blue/black/silver colour scheme, but will expand this once I've completed a full set of work. All pieces are anodised aluminium, with nylon-coated stainless steel cable and sterling silver fastenings.</span><br />
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Saturn Earrings</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The modules for the Saturn series are reasonably easy to anodise, since they all have holes integrated into their design. This makes it much easier to create a good contact between the pieces and the tank bar, and seems to have a reasonably high success rate. </span><br />
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Saturn Earrings, as a pair</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Modules can be mixed and matched for any combination of colours, so can be fully customised. For now, I've just mixed the elements of the earrings to make them as different as possible within a pair.</span>Juliethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17197660804330226670noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4050225933873890654.post-11829249420527733082011-09-22T13:56:00.000-07:002011-09-22T14:11:15.711-07:00Anodising in Progress<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6sl5hi4CePWzgmkb1B0jOUHHs-jJ2R02jl21sKnhAnXJF6gcVa8umf55DWsjxeGa7NuF7fqLEBnP0sfeydcrbRl-BUcZXvcICBI_cxsA2viHLZibTVHcTgQOPNlcwZM1c7HYBzkHw6Cho/s1600/DSC_0770.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6sl5hi4CePWzgmkb1B0jOUHHs-jJ2R02jl21sKnhAnXJF6gcVa8umf55DWsjxeGa7NuF7fqLEBnP0sfeydcrbRl-BUcZXvcICBI_cxsA2viHLZibTVHcTgQOPNlcwZM1c7HYBzkHw6Cho/s320/DSC_0770.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Heart Rate Rings, in progress</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">These rings are ready for anodising, and are just waiting for me to figure out how to build the jig which will attach them to the tank bar. The engraving is based on readouts from ECG heart-rate monitors, and the idea is to make the line a different colour to the body of the ring post-anodising. Each pulse of the heart-rate is intended to remind the wearer that he or she is alive - there is still hope!</span><br />
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Square Rings, in progress</td></tr>
</tbody></table> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I wanted to try something new with these, decided to change the shape. Don't be deceived by their appearance; they're actually surprisingly comfortable! Again, the engraved line will be a different colour to the body of the ring. The corners should make them slightly easier to jig for anodising, too.</span><br />
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Modules for earrings, pendants and bracelets, ready for anodising</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When finished, these parts will be assembled to make planet-like jewellery, pictures of which will follow. In the meantime, I wanted to show you how they look when they're about to be anodised. The thin wires connect the modules to the tank bar, with a tight connection. If there's any movement at all between the part and the wire or the wire and the tank bar, the anodising process will fail. Sometimes you can't tell until you come to dye the piece whether or not it has been properly attached. </span><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> These were the first pieces to be anodised, and as they were easy to jig, were supposed to be test pieces. The idea was to see how the process worked and iron out any obvious problems. Since I like the way they turned out, I'm now making a cutting model in order to try to get a batch of them laser-cut. That way, they'll be faster to produce, and cheaper to buy!</span>Juliethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17197660804330226670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4050225933873890654.post-91649903191511048202011-09-22T13:54:00.000-07:002011-09-22T13:54:48.794-07:00Anodising<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's a bit chaotic, but this is how the workshop looks when anodising is in progress...</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> The focus of most of my current work is contemporary jewellery, made from aluminium and anodised in my workshop. The anodising process adds a hard, oxide-resistant layer to the aluminium, and also allows you to colour it afterwards, with special dyes. The process itself is relatively simple, but there is a lot that can go wrong, and there are a few key things to keep in mind. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Anodising takes place in a bath of Sulphuric acid, which acts as an electrolyte. An electrical current is run through the pieces, which are jigged and suspended in the bath on a tank bar. The tank bar, jig and pieces all need to be made from aluminium, and they are attached to the positive lead on the power supply. They are now the anode. Some lead sheet is supsended in the bath, and is attached to the negative side of the power supply. This is the cathode.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">After anodising comes dying, which is the fun part, and sealing. The dye needs to be heated in order to take properly, and then the piece is sealed in a scary green chemical, at boiling point. Even if you don't dye the piece, you still need to seal it. This closes the pores on the surface of the aluminium, and completes the anodising process.</span>Juliethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17197660804330226670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4050225933873890654.post-33505714110203692582011-09-01T06:23:00.001-07:002011-09-05T03:46:33.484-07:00Introduction<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9dDQITMQ-X8SuthkTdDC_9g1EI2clrCzK05idY6c7B-7PUzTvkg4Yk3_DzHVt-llRWdZNyGk3X3lnRmS1_eMmQc2jTT_kqubyPrf3pXMcvL9_xiXWxE5QmFh_9lMk4lKS9hiKP_8FVrCx/s1600/309319_10150279612266510_539786509_8220963_6947635_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9dDQITMQ-X8SuthkTdDC_9g1EI2clrCzK05idY6c7B-7PUzTvkg4Yk3_DzHVt-llRWdZNyGk3X3lnRmS1_eMmQc2jTT_kqubyPrf3pXMcvL9_xiXWxE5QmFh_9lMk4lKS9hiKP_8FVrCx/s320/309319_10150279612266510_539786509_8220963_6947635_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
Hi Folks, this is Turkish (Bosnian) coffee. I decorate those little shiny things that people use to serve the coffee, and hope to be making them soon too. I'm also making a line of multifunctional contemporary jewellery which is currently in progress. I will upload photos very soon of my work, the studio and more, so you know where to find me. Then all you have to do is to come, pay me a visit and maybe buy something. All designs will soon be available to order over the internet and be sure, each product will be handmade and unique.<br />
C U soon guys<br />
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