champion { the teleidoscope }

aiming for glory - week #47 of The Teleidoscope - Champion.

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recently...

...over in my etsy shop: radiant, fine silver pendant

& fern, long agate necklace

cake { the teleidoscope }

delicious & colourful - week #46 of The Teleidoscope - Cake.

I can't take any credit for the awesomeness of this cake - it was all Kathryn. She spent pretty much all day making this epic seven-layered rainbow sponge cake. Plus she helped me with my photo & let me use her photo set-up. Thanks gorgeous!

actually, I'll take a tiny-tiny bit of credit, I was able to give her a little advice at the adding colour stage.

*diptych photos taken by Kathryn, also she played tripod/remote for my sp

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a necklace or three...

...or five or six perhaps...

just a few recent creations

all wired up...

Recently I was lucky enough to win a give-away on the Metal Clay Heads Team blog. They're a pretty awesome bunch of metal clay artists & I'm very glad to be a part of the team :)

Anyway, my prize is this gorgeous pair of (sterling clay) earrings, made by the lovely Pennee. They're quite gorgeous & the perfect size. I've been wearing them lots since they arrived (I think they rather suit me) & I love them.

You can find Pennee's beautiful jewellery in her etsy shop - All Wired Up Jewelry Designs.

I took the above photo they day the earrings arrived (last week), but I probably should have taken another today - I have far less hair now!

water under the bridge { melbourne }

a bounty of bridges.....(although that last one is more like a dock, lol)

mazes & mansions...

from our visit to Mintaro - Mintaro Maze & Martindale Hall (we didn't go in, just wandered around the outside).

recently...

I've been making some necklaces, with fine silver, sterling chain & beads...I'm rather pleased so far...

Also eaten some baked goodies - I baked biscuits ^^ basically my adaptation of traditional anzacs, gluten/wheat free (although this batch does have oats) & Amy made a batch of mini Pineapple Upside-down Cakes - soooo good!

Read some good books - The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, a beautiful, fantastical love story (as recommended by Ally) & Whispers Under Ground by  Ben Aaronovitch, the third book in the Rivers of London series & I think my favourite so far (you might like to read them in the correct order, not start with the second book like I did).
Also, The Rook by Daniel O'Malley, which I read earlier in the year & really enjoyed.

Also spent a lovely day with my family, exploring Mintaro - including the maze. We also had a picnic, blew bubbles & took some family portraits - lots of fun :)

flame & mist...

newly listed on etsy: silver flame, fine silver pendant

also: mist, fine silver & smoky quartz earrings

& I apologise if you were expecting something more dramatic, given the title of the post :)

loud { the teleidoscope }

turn the music up - week #45 of The Teleidoscope - Loud.

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wishlist wednesday...

ready for a spring-time tea party...

Mountains teapot and 2 cups by Asleepfromday

Snap Neck Dress in blue by makeitgoodpdx

Gorgeous Guinea Fowl Feather Bangle by KnittedWindow

Modern Sculptural Grey Fascinator by pookaqueen

Carved Pods in pale blue by jibbyandjuna

and finally... { working 925 }

...my last workshop piece is this copper & silver brooch.

Since I only had one class to work on this (the last week - I miss it already) I did as much preparation as I could before I went. So I cut the silver piece (the copper component is from testing out textures with the rolling mill before I made my wing) & smoothed all my edges.
Then in class I made the brooch components, soldered them on, drilled & hammered my (copper) rivets & made the pin. I did the final finishing (sanding the front) after I got home.

I am hoping to get the necessary tools for both soldering & riveting - I'm fairly confident with the riveting, but soldering will be a matter of practice makes perfect (I had a lot of help with all the soldering I did during the course).

project 1, project 2 & project 3 from the workshops