Still Under Construction

Here's another mini-post just to show you where I'm going with the wooden elements of this new piece. Afer a lot of work messing around with slivers of wood, I've arrived at this...

Still a bit to go, but I think you can see the general idea...

Wood

I'm thinking of adding in some wood to the locket box...

I've got some interesting pieces to play with. Comments greatfully received... 

Silver Locket/Box

Hello...it's been a bit of time since I last posted. To be honest, the teapot (see previous posts) has been taking up a lot of my time as it requires significant sanding and filing as part of the very long process of finishing it off - the construction, the bit I like the bet is over, so it's taking me a long time to finish...

so

I decided I needed a break, so, since I had to be around the house a lot this weekend, I decided to get going on something new.

I decided it was going to be silver, did a bit of design brainstrorming and then began work on my new silver...box...locket....thingy....

Here's progress so far;

Starting with a flat sheet of silver, I cut a strip to form the side of the box...locket...thingy.
I formed the roughly elliptical shape through a combination of formers and digital manipulation...i.e. I bent it...
I didn't want a true ellipse so it's slightly 'flattened'

Soldering the side wall to the silver plate forms one side of the box as shown below. I cut away part of the side wall to leave a slot opening in the side.

 For a while, I toyed with putting a double hinged lid.....

......but had a couple of soldering disasters, which left me with the lid pieces, but almost melted the box itself....so I changed my design idea...

Inverting the box and placing it on another flat sheet allowed me to form the complete box;

 Then, the long process of sanding and filing to trim off the excess and start to smooth out all of the scratches my clumsiness has added during the past couple of days;

 

Now.....for phase 2.......which I'll start tomorrow :)

Fold Forming pt2

I've tried a few more experiments with the Fold forming technique. Here are a few photos of an abstract shape I made using a forging hammer.

 

 

 

 

Fold Forming

I was planning to make a second handle for the tea pot this morning, but got sidetracked by something else. I've been having a go at Fold forming and here is my first attempt. More to follow I think :)

Tea Pot Update

Here are a few photos to show progress on the Tea Pot....still a long way to go. I think the pot handle may be too big for the pot...comments welcome.

Show-Off and Tell

This week I am going to a semi regular event that my Smithing Tutor holds in the local pub near the studio. It's a chance for her pupils to display their work to the other pupils...we now call it 'Show-Off & Tell'.

I've had trouble selecting some pieces to take along, espcially as the teapot is so far away from completion.
Here is what I'm thinking of taking...I'd appreciate any comments... :)