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Toolbox Essentials

Jenna — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 00:55:40 +0000

As some of you may know, we’re going to be renovating our home here at some point (hopefully this year… which is what we said last year). They’re major renovations, and we’ll need to move out for the duration of the construction work.

Which got me thinking… if I could only work out [...]

Monday Muse – Repurposing, Recycling and Ridding Myself of Regrets

Jenna — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 22:02:04 +0000

(warning: this is a bit of a long post!)

I’m a rather messy and absent-minded person when it comes to my workshop. I’m getting better at organisation but it’s a slow process. It stems partly from having far too many ideas at once and not waiting to try each one out (and thus [...]

Fresh Friday – Swatch earrings

Jenna — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 00:56:53 +0000

Inspired by all the lovely new leather sample pieces I picked up on Thursday… so many gorgeous colours that I simply had to show them off! Handmade ripple-textured rings and etched housings in oxidised sterling silver are attached by rivets to mini ‘swatches’ of carefully-cut leather in a variety of delicious shades.

These [...]

Thrift Thursday – Leather!

Jenna — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 22:18:05 +0000

I’m seriously excited today… !

You might have seen some of my work with leather in handmade silver housings recently. The prototype pieces I showed were really well received and for that I’m really grateful! The great feedback on those pieces made me look at my little stash of leather pieces (mostly reclaimed [...]

Monday Muse – Community Workshops

Jenna — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 00:22:35 +0000

I’ve spent much of the last week holed up in my studio, isolated with my work. While I’m quite happy to work on my own most of the time, I do often miss the vibrant environment that comes with working around others. The internet is very useful for keeping in touch with people [...]

aaand, finished! Coronet quick pic.

Jenna — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 02:29:46 +0000

Done, dusted, oxidised, and a quick shot before I wrap it up and trundle it off to the Sydney Royal Easter Show people.

Some parts came out great, some didn’t work quite as expected, but overall I’m quite happy ^_^

ETA: more pictures…

I’d also like to take this opportunity to [...]

Workbench Wednesday – coronet design mkIII

Jenna — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 03:48:57 +0000

Just a quick one: working on show pieces this week. Still working on the joining mechanisms for some bits, but this is the rough final layout. My torch won’t handle this much metal in one hit, so some of these connections will have to be cold joins.

All the black and white [...]

Monday Muse – Nesting (bathrooms!)

Jenna — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 23:00:57 +0000

Some of you may know that we’ve been planning a house renovation (major) for quite some time. Our plans have been approved, but we’re looking for a different builder/project manager to the one that did the first part of the process for us as we weren’t particularly happy with their service to date.

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Saturday Shout-out – Ponoko

Jenna — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 23:00:03 +0000

Who are Ponoko?

Billing themselves as “the world’s easiest making system”, Ponoko is a hub for people who use digital technology to prototype stuff and have it made. Ponoko gives direct access through its various locations to 2D laser-cutting/engraving and through the US hub to 3D printing, and it’s super easy to [...]

Fresh Friday

Jenna — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 03:00:36 +0000

Hello everyone! Here’s a quick shot of what I’ve been doing today… many of these just need a spin in the tumbler from here, a few need oxidising as well to finish :D Later this afternoon I’ll photograph them and start the listing process.

(Size reference… the Fan Blossom discs with the central [...]