Stamped Timascus Hangmen!

Happy Tuesday Everyone!

We finally got a couple of days of rain to break the drought, and the weather has turned much cooler. Might see a frost tomorrow night! We actually are seeing a few red maple leaves today, but a lot of leaves have already fallen with the weekend rain storms. Looks like we will get a few more mild days by the weekend and then it will start getting a lot colder after that. 

I've mostly been working on these little timascus pieces and zirconium beads for the past few days but I will get back to some tools in a day or two.

Today I have some gorgeous Timascus Hangman hooks for you! In addition to the brilliant colors, these are all stamped as well with my wide variety of image stamps. I have a few with neutral C-51 anodizing for those who are allergic to color and who wish to email me...But otherwise they are mostly torch colored and have bright gold, purple and blue tones. 

Stamped Timascus Hangmen will run $75 plus shipping and the link is below. Thanks for coming by, and hope you all are staying safe and dry out there!

All gone for today, thank you so much!

 

Zircuti Beads!

Hi Everyone,

It's starting to turn much cooler here in Massachusetts. The leaves are dull drab yellow and brown, so as far as color goes it is the most disappointing leaf season I have ever seen. I guess it's mostly because of the warmer than usual temperatures this past month combined with very little rain. Anyhow, I'm just glad we don't have the dreadful rains they are having down South and in FL.Yikes! Stay safe out there folks.

I've been busy down in the shop for the past few days. In addition to preparing for colder weather, I've been doing some maintenance and cleaning up. Yesterday I completely redid my anodizing setup so that it will be good to go for another year or two. I'm part way through grinding the titanium E115 tools and will have those coming up shortly. I've been diligently hand buffing timascus and zircuti parts to prepare them for torch coloring and other finishes. I have a batch of Zr Mini Hexy beads coming up in a few weeks. Zr E115 tools are on deck for initial preparation prior to milling. I keep putting off grinding steel Prybabies but they are actually coming soon. And I have several other items brewing too. More mugs are coming as well in the next few days.

Today I have the first wave of Zircuti Mini Hexy beads for you. These are 1/2 inch in diameter as opposed to 5/8 inch of the first batch of hexy beads, so a little bit slimmer. And, they are slightly longer so the overall proportions are very nice and serve to showcase the patterning very nicely. Speaking of patterns, wow, these are spectacular! Bright contrasting colors and wild anodizing effects. If you like crazy these are sweet. If you don't like lots of color I do have a handful of plain ones reserved without anodizing for those who wish to request it, but the patterning is very subtle.

Zircuti Mini Hexy Beads will run $45 plus shipping. This is only about half the batch today, so lots more are coming, so if you miss today and want to email me, I am happy to hook you up anytime...the order link is below. Have a great weekend everyone and thanks for coming by today. :)

All gone for today but more on the way, thank you!

 

 

 

Three More Mugs!

Hi Folks,

Got a few more mugs done for you. These are some beauties...

Mug #1: Pirate Girl returns! With two poses, treasure chest and crossed sword and flintlock pistol inside. $75 plus shipping:

Sold, thank you so much!

 

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Mug #2: Earth Goddess with Victorian Sun and butterflies, dragonfly pattern on the bottom. Spectacular piece! $75 plus shipping:

Sold, thanks again!   

 

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Mug #3 Celtic Ferns with small dragonfly inside. Little bit smaller at about 12 oz, $60 plus shipping.

Sold, thank you very much!

 

Gen 2 Steel MikroStiks

Happy Wednesday!

It's gloomy and overcast today, and supposedly we will finally get some rain tonight and tomorrow. Good day for a sale I think...

Today I have some steel MikroStiks for you. These are the Gen 2 version, and they are all stamped I believe. There are some smooth ones and a few with light raw bar finish as well.

Steel MikroStiks will run $55 plus shipping and the link is below. Thanks for slipping by today, and hope your week is going great!

All gone, thanks very much!

 

Zr QuickDraws

What a fine Tuesday morning out there today! The air is crisp and tons of leaves are turning gold. I'm sure I will be raking them up in a week or two.  

Today I have a handful of Zirconium QuickDraws for you. A cool little tool and not one that I am likely to make again anytime soon. These are generously stamped with a wide variety of images.

Zr QuickDraws will run $65 plus shipping and the link is below. Thanks for popping in today and hope your week is shaping up to be a good one.

Gone in a jiffy, thanks so much!

 

MugShots!

Howdy Everyone!

It's a nice one out there again today. We have had a very mild September so far, and the constant rain we experienced over the summer has been replaced with rather dry conditions, bordering on a drought. Amazingly, the coast got huge rain storms this weekend and we got nary a drop! Anyhow, the drought has made for beautiful weather, but I have had to water the pitiful end-of-the-season remains of my garden nearly every day.

A few years ago I sent out a pile of photographic prints from my camera hobby. They have ended up getting traded around for years, and I have often had people asking me for more. One of my favorite cameras over the years has been the marvelous Fuji Instax which is similar to the old fashioned Polaroid but a little smaller in print size. Recently I decided to try a series of new images and I thought I would see if there was interest in them. The nice thing about instants is that they are so immediate, and the Instax prints will fit in standard baseball card sleeves. The prints can also be name stamped, so I can make these all signed collectible originals by simply taking them to the anvil and lightly striking them.

This first group is a collection of images of my hand made mugs and other ceramics. I have all sorts of subjects here, and some of the images include the steps in making the mugs, some include the finished products. I fooled around with half frame images for a lot of these so that you can see both front and back of the mug, or details such as the interiors. Most of the shots are printed on my favorite Instax Rainbow paper, but I have some black and white images as well. Super fun project! If I have a lot of interest I will make some other series from my collections such as tools, knives, antique cameras and wrist watches. 

MugShot Prints will run $9 each plus shipping and the link is below. Thank you so much for stopping in, and for your continued interest and support!

First round is gone, thank you so much! :)

 

Three More Mugs!

Happy Thursday Folks!

Man oh man, it has been so crazy busy lately. I'm sick of it and just want to crawl back into my shop. Luckily it looks like all my dentist, lawyer, eye doctor, house chores, lawn mowing, air conditioner removal, shopping and socializing agendas will be over tomorrow and I can settle back into some production.

Coming up I will have some unique photo offerings so please stay tuned for those. People have asked me repeatedly for photos and I have come up with some for next week. Also coming will be titanium E115 tools, hopefully by the end of next week.

Today I have a handful of new mugs for you. These are in the usual 13-15 oz range and have a variety of fun images.

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Mug #1 Bird Mug with cute Squirrel, Chanterelle mushrooms and Feather inside. $75 plus shipping:

 

Sold, thank you!

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Mug #2 UFO, Alien, Planet with Face Hugger inside! A classic for sure...$75 plus shipping:

 Sold, thank you!

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Mug #3 Welsh Dragon, Crossed Swords, Pirate Vixen and Treasure Chest inside! Arrrr! $75 plus shipping:

   Sold, thank you so much!

 

Pottery Seconds!

One of the most frustrating things in ceramics is when you put in a whole lot of time and everything is going great, but in the final glaze firing something goes wrong and the glaze isn't perfect. To be honest it was one of the aspects that drew me to metal work 25 years ago and made me give up pottery. With metal you are so much less likely to make mistakes and usually minor problems are correctable. 

These three large mugs have small glaze defects where the glaze was thin, or it got bumped when they loaded the kiln, but they are still spectacular. Small discount on them. ;)

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Mug #1: 12 oz Kayak Girl with Cat Tails, Wooden Dock and a Frog inside. $55 plus shipping

Sold, thank you!

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Mug #2: The Great Train Wreck! Two trains speeding towards each other with an explosion in the middle. Dynamite bundle inside!  $60 plus shipping

 Sold, thank you!

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Mug #3: Rampant Lion with Castle and Lion Door Knocker with a Crown inside. $60 plus shipping

Sold, thank you so much!

 

Three More Mugs

Hi Everyone,

Another stellar day here in New England. I will savor these next few days because there is definitely a crisp feel to the air this morning. Yesterday I was riding around and I spotted a couple of maples that are starting to get a hint of orange on their leaves already, so it won't be long. 

Today I have three smaller mugs for you with a short and stocky shape. These are around 9-11 oz so would be great for an evening cocoa with a splash of Kahlua and dollop of whipped cream. For those times when you still want a little something but don't want to be up all night heading for the bathroom, lol..

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Mug #1: Simple nature theme with gorgeous butterfly inside. $55 plus shipping

Sold, thank you!

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Mug #2: Ants! 11 oz with a detailed moth image inside. $60 plus shipping

 

Sold, thank you so much!

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Mug #3: Watery Worlds! Another 11 oz piece with Gator, Heraldic Dolphin, Great White Shark and Heraldic Mermaid inside. Super cool one... $65 plus shipping

  

Sold, thank you!