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Brigitte Martin
Crafthaus Editor

Hi Dauvit,
Welcome to da Haus. This is a very active site. You'll love it here. Jump into the forums to introduce yourself, and by all means check out the online exhibitions that are going on here. Lots of sandboxes to play in.

Corliss & John

Thanks I really appreciate it!! I was hoping that it'd be kind of spooky with the birds and all.

Hi...
Thank you for viewing my work and for your kind words. They are delicate indeed, so is life in the ocean. I love you work; it is so precious! Pictures are great too. Do you go by Sinner or you have another name?
Ce

Thank you very much for featuring me, Brigitte!

Hello, thanks for the friend request (and the hello from Scotland)- congrats on being a featured artist this week! I'm really enjoying looking through your pieces, which are sort of Steampunk meets Karl Fritsch (two of my favourite things!)- looking forward to seeing more!
~Miriam

Oops, maybe I should've gone for Steampunk and Rob Jackson, then! I saw him listed on your website as one of your influences- he was my main prof (I did my BFA at UGA) and I did my final show with him as my instructor in Italy. I should be around Birmingham most of October, so let me know what your schedule looks like and I'm sure lunch or drinks could work out- it'd be great to meet up. Enjoy what's left of the bank holiday weekend!

Great stuff! Appreciate both your skill and talent.

Almost completed, "Daisycutter" Ring:

Steel cog given to me by a sculptor in Brighton; whisky citrine; orange moonstone; silver.

Your work is fantastic !
Congrats on your feature artist.

Thanks for the props!

Welcome!

:)

Welcome and big props on the featured artist spot!

really nice work.
sue

Thank you very much for your membership payment and support of crafthaus. Your membership is valid through August 15, 2012.

Enjoy crafthaus. Participate often :-)

Hey thanks! The material is printed steel from a salvaged 1960's dollhouse. And your work is @#$%&* incredible! It has a Middle Ages/ memento mori/steampunk quality to it. Right on...

Thanks for your comment. And very glad to be a friend with u!

I think one would have to contact Brigitte Martin for a proposal. Check out my friend Peg Fetters' work. Steel and gold....

Busy, busy. Two more pieces finished for the show: 1)
To Rococo Rot. A bangle made from a found escutcheon, silver, gemstones and magnets reclaimed from an electric toothbrush. (Tourmaline in quartz, garnet, black spinel and quartzite.)

2) An Englishman's Home. Ring made from discarded iron gas-pipe, the head of a cold-chisel, silver, garnet and diamond:

well thanks! I especially love when it is rusted.
your work is beautiful!!!
Isn't Lisa Colby great?

I had no idea that bank holidays were different between England and Scotland! I don't think I'll ever stop being surprised by little differences in the way Things Are Done over here :)
I'm absolutely in love with the Rococo Rot bangle you've posted- I love the intricate piercing coupled with the rusty-looking top segment, and the choice of gemstones is lovely!

that sounds fun, please keep me updated.
also, sending the name of an artist I think you might like, sort of the Victorian Cabinet of Curiosities meets Memento Mori.
Julia Deville http://juliadeville.com/

Finished another piece today: a set of three earrings, titled "A Voyage to Arcturus" with porcelain moons by Lisa Stevens.

The dark dome is the head of a corroded iron rivet and the stones, left to right, are garnet, a very oddly-coloured citrine and grey moonstone.