Aw thanks! I like your works too :) Yeah, taking our own photos of our work takes a lot of investment in time. I'm practicing a lot though! I hope to see you someday, will you be attending SNAG this year in Washington? I'm saving up so I can go. I hope I do :)

New person from you neighborhood, well kind of. Close enough.

Farah Bandookwala

Thank you so much...

Thank you so much ! L look forward to us connecting and staying in touch.

Oh Merci. I was very excited when I saw my email.

I think I saw that oak brooch in his shop!, he's got some real treasures! Thanks for passing along the information to Simon, I appreciate it... Can't wait to see what you make out of your new purchase!

Thank you. I love the exploration of period work with your contemporary perspective. I am a goldsmith by trade and appreciate the technical skill in these pieces. Provocative, historical and well crafted, nice work.

Howdy, Dauvit!

What a stunning profile picture Dauvit!

Great.

As you have seen, collaborative work is very close to my heart. I currently have a call out for a show COLLABORATION TABLEWARE but I can see how this topic could be expanded upon within the wider crafthaus community as well.

I'll do some more thinking about how to best go about that. Feel free to make suggestions...

:-) Ha ! I am glad to hear that. You guys would be really perfect together. I can already see some sort of collaboration coming our way perhaps ?

PS: It is my privilege to be able to see daily what great work you guys are all doing. Crafthaus was created for networking, so if I can recommend a connection that would make sense to me, I certainly will do that :-)

Let me know how this works out, please.

I think you would enjoy the work by Yi Liu, he is in Birmingham, not too far away from you:

Yi Liu's crafthaus page

Thanks for the great words! I just finished these pieces, and plan to make many more. I put them "out there" for the first time just yesterday, so I really appreciate your feedback. I am intrigued by your work. The beauty of the combined elements is profound. The work you are doing with porcelain is superb! I will check out Stevens on the web. Do you have any info you could share?

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.

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/

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!

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

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:

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