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My current crazy obsession with the Cold Genius nears an end. Everything is stoneset and I've spent the last 2 hours engraving the inner lid. There is about another 2 hours to go, but I need a break!
Stones:
Blue topaz, aquamarine, green quartz, clear quartz and enamel chips.
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The Cold Genius piece is starting to take a form now and I can see the end in sight. Which is just as well, really, as he has to be posted off late next week! I set and finished the brooch element today:
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UPDATE: Comments from Lee Marshall, designer of the Knew Concept Saw
(Same comments as posted on "Thinking out Loud" but also put here for completeness.)
I emailed Lee with some of the comments I've received on here, on Flickr and on my Blogs and he sent me back a very detailed and thoughtful reply which I quote here with permission.
ContinueSpares are available of course. It simply has not come up as yet, so I haven't crossed that bridge. I will send…
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I've been invited to make a piece for a show entitled "Beneath the Skin" in Sheffield later this year. Here is where it begins:
A handmade tattoo machine!
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I managed to get a fair amount done today. Nothing too complex, hence the blog post here rather than as a point of technical discussion! The main box is finished and I fitted the inner "scrim" lid which hides the narrative of the contents:
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I have now almost finished the box which is the pendant element of "Cold Genius". As the inspiration for the piece was an aria from an opera, it was my intention to make it in the form of a theatre, which is what I think I've achieved...
Obviously, the steel rod in the top is a temporary solution. The…
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At last the festive season is behind me and I managed to get back to the bench today.
I was given a new saw for Christmas, one of the "Knew Concepts" saws which is completely rigid. Although it is a bit fiddly to get blades into, it is an amazing tool: from the second I started to cut with it, I knew that I would not be going back to my old, springy iron frame. Because the frame is rigid the blade rarely catches in the way that we are used to with traditional…
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I've been trying to apply a decorative border to the "theatre" in which the Cold Genius will be a player. The border is a rolled strip of silver with a pattern on it and I've been trying to solder it to the edge of the lid.
Of course, I've gone about this totally the wrong way, and have cut the lid before…
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Having decided to make a piece of work based on the idea of the spirit of winter being called upon to render the landscape frozen, I have been prevented from getting to my workshops by an unseasonable and enormous fall of snow!
Finally got back in on Friday and started making the main box which is the first pendant part of the piece. This will house the removable brooch and possible a second removable pendant. It looks like a bit of a mess at the moment, as it is made from…
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