recently | on my bench...

recently | on my bench

recently | on my bench { shiny, shiny }

work in progress | shiny, shiny...

...all tumbled & ready for hooks, bails, chains...

{just starting} {ready to fire}

something shiny...

lovely & shiny...fired, tumbled & ready for finishing, maybe some patina? or maybe not...

pairs, patterns & patinas...

finished putting together the earrings from this batch of pmc pieces.

The dark triangles are an older pair I've given a patia, as well as new beads & hooks - I'm very pleased with the transformation. The round pair & the small teardrops (with green beads) have a leaf imprint & the other three are patterns drawn into the wet clay.

the pair with the leaf imprint & patia are probably my favourite out of this bunch.

small & shiny...

just a quick peek at some of the pieces from this post. They've all been tumbled & these ones are staying shiny. The other pieces from this batch have been given a patina & are still being finished.

oh, & if you were wondering where the large green cubic zircona went - my youngest sister claimed it as soon as it came out of the tumbler :)

buttoned-up...

This piece was supposed to be a copper button...but instead evolved into a brooch (it's a gift for someone special, but I'm not sure if she reads this blog, so I won't say any more).

I still plan to make some buttons - I think a handmade button would be a wonderful finishing touch to a jacket, vest or bag.

this last shot includes a sort-of-peak at some of the other pieces from this batch of copper. The rest of the pieces were only fired yesterday & are currently getting nice & shiny in the tumbler....pictures to come :)