Acorn, Heart and Mother Figure Progress, Chasing and Repoussé

 1. Silver acorn and heart charms in progress this late morning., 2. Progress so far. These are fun and intuitive to me., 3. Heart is all formed. Acorn 2/3rds done. Mother figure barely started. Off to mom duty now., 4. Close to completion. #acorn #sterling #handmade #chasing #repousse, 5. 2 charms done. That's a Japanese style chasing hammer that I use for fine detail., 6. Progressing more cautiously with this one. #mother #figure, 7. mother sequence, 8. mother sequence, 9. mother sequence, 10. mother sequence, 11. mother sequence, 12. mother sequence, 13. Ready to oxidize, 14. After oxidizing, before tumbling, 15. All done (and sitting on 2 of my favorite chasing hammers.), 16. From a different angle Created with fd's Flickr Toys

Vintage tools, splashy red from the 1970s.

Took a trip up to my mom's house to help her sort and declutter and found some tool goodies to bring home.


A vintage Wen solder gun from 1975, a great find that my mom had stashed away.


One old tack hammer and one toy hammer (probably 1970s vintage like the solder gun.)

Violet paint

Violet sequence for blog, a photo by knitsteel on Flickr.

Spring inspired family activity, a short creative break.

Yard sale tool finds

For the jewelry studio

woodcarving chisels

woodcarving chisels, a photo by knitsteel on Flickr.

Larger grinder / sharpener

Larger grinder / sharpener, a photo by knitsteel on Flickr.