Serendipity #1
I’ve been struggling for a week or so to come up with a larger, eye catching piece for the middle of my stand at the BCTF in a couple of...
Mar 27, 20121 min read
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Press Form Practice #6
I bought some more Britannia today and set to work on a few more pieces: that are now just waiting for some final polishing … #silver...
Mar 12, 20121 min read
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Texture and the frosting wheel …
Obviously I do a lot of etching but, sometimes, I think simple forms look great just with simple textures. I really love a good higgh...
Mar 7, 20121 min read
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Earrings today #2 …
I soldered up that test earring press form today and I’m really encouraged by how nicely it turned out. Fitting the ring to the top was a...
Feb 17, 20121 min read
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Press Form Practice #2 …
Back in the studio bright and early today making up some pebble-esque press forms to sample etching on … #copper #flypress #newwork...
Feb 3, 20121 min read
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Press form practice …
I got some time today to have a play with the fly press and work out some ideas for a new range that I want to take to the British Craft...
Feb 2, 20121 min read
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Silverware for 2012 #3
so, back at the bench today and fitting the base on this little beast proved rather a tricky manoeuvre. What works in card and sticky...
Jan 20, 20121 min read
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Visit: Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
I had a spare moment last week and snuck off to have a look at the silver collection at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. The...
Jan 20, 20121 min read
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Silverware for 2012 #2
… remember those silversmithing thoughts from the other day? Well – I went from paper model to copper model this week: which is always...
Jan 18, 20121 min read
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The Centrepiece Christmas Decoration
This year Centrepiece decided to celebrate our Christmas exhibition by getting everyone to make a Christmas decoration in their own...
Oct 10, 20111 min read
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Goldsmiths Fair 2011
I find it hard to describe Goldsmiths Fair to my non-silversmithing friends. The closest I’ve come so far is saying that it’s like New...
Sep 30, 20112 min read
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Fly Pressing … step one
Well, step 2 really – the first being ‘fix your press to a stable, unmovable surface‘ but this is where I’ve gotten to today. I have a...
Aug 11, 20111 min read
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The New Fly Press
Bella, meet the world. World, meet Bella. She arrived in the studio back in the spring but its taken a long while to find someone to make...
Aug 1, 20111 min read
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Lockets and hinges [oh, my]
Master of Hinges – work by Bronwen Tyler Jones When I was at art college, doing my foundation degree, I had a thing for hinges. This odd...
Mar 12, 20111 min read
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The beachcombing silversmith …
Well, everyone has to get their materials from somewhere. It just so happens that my latest range [flotsam] means that I have to scour...
Apr 10, 20101 min read
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