Ring Update

So now I'm working on setting the stone in the silver ring I cast. This is my learning-so-much ring, and patience too :)
It'll be great!
My Casting class ended on Friday. It was a great experience to go through. It's not my passion but I learned so much and met a group of really cool talented people.

My Honey's Wooden Hair Creations

My honey (Father on the mountain) sees the beauty in wood that others would see as kindling. I love his eye.  I convinced him to make up wooden barrettes out of his scrap pieces and here's the latest batch he's done.  You can view the others at My Etsy Shop.

Thanks to my darling daughter and her beautiful hair to model them!

New Leather Pouch

I just finished up this little pouch and listed it on my Etsy shop, where you can see more pictures of it too. It's made from deerskin and I set the stone all by hand.  I usually pick a stone that feels right and this one won for this pouch. I only use an awl and a pair of scissors.  It feels good to make these again. I usually know who they are going to, but now I'm branching out and making them for my shop. You can see others I've made over the years on my website.

This is my daughter modeling it for me :)

Other Items I Make...PIE!

I'm also a pie maker. So get used to me posting my pies maybe often...pies are such a work of art too.
Here's a peach pie I made for a friends' birthday. Yum!

Just recently to add to the income as a SAHM, I've started making pies for a local restaurant out where I live. So far no one's complained about the taste!

Latest Jewelry Pieces In My Shop

Here's some of the latest pieces I made for my shop.  Beautiful Fall colors seem to be in the air for sure!

You can view these in my shop, where there's more pictures of them either by clicking the Etsy box to your right or going to my Etsy Shop.

My Honey's Beautiful Boxes

Recently I finally convinced my husband ot make some wooden items for my shop. I've been watching him tool around in his shop and knew I wanted to share his work with everyone too!
Here's a few of the boxes he just made up. He's a carpenter who can't stand to see great wood go to waste! He'll gather up the throw aways and make them into beautiful boxes, letter openers, barrettes and more.

Casting Class Update. It's a Ring!!

Last I wrote about my casting class  it was me carving a blue wax turtle.  Well, he got put aside awhile I decided to try my hand at carving out a ring.  Here's some pictures of that process.

First you start out with a block of hard blue wax and you score some lines in it to determine how you want your ring to look.
Then you saw, file and carve and shape to get a rough looking ring.

Here's the ring (top view where you can see the abstract shape) in it's investment canister. I wish it were a money investment! Ha!  It's where we pour a goop that looks like plaster of paris inside this canister. It's called investment and it hardens up so you can stick it in a kiln to melt out the wax, which then leaves a mold of the ring I carved.

After it's been in the kiln, then I cast the metal in it using a wild  gadget and hot melted metal and a big torch!  I have a video of it which I will post later. Still trying to find the time to edit that one!

Here's the canister after it's had the melted sterling silver pushed into it using centrifugal force. It was a wild ride I tell ya!  But it did it!  The dark spot you see inside the white is the metal. It's oxidized but just wait, it'll shine soon! It's hot and that's why I've got it in a bucket of water to cool down and remove the investment.

Here it is!! It's a ring! The base is where I put wax on the bottom of the ring to create a funnel for the melted metal to flow into. You can still see some of the investment on the ring which I scrubbed off.

See? I told you it was a ring. A sterling silver ring to be exact. Some of the metal I used was from my mom's college jewelry class days. Very special.
I've cut off the bottom which is referred to as a button and will then start the process to make it look more normal and ring like.

Here it is so far.  Still have a ways to go with sanding and resizing.

Here's the top view where I'll learn how to set the turquoise stone I was telling you about.
Yes, it's thick...it gives me some wiggle room to work with too.

It's a cool class. But it's almost over and I've learned a lot!

I'll post a picture of it all finished soon hopefully.

Thanks for stopping by to see my progress!