whitesmithing

forged candleholders

ambition — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:53:52 -0500

this is a set of two candleholders made in (sterling) silver and construction steel, both forged. I made these a while ago. they can stand separatet or combined twisting around each other. its nice to play with the positions.

close up

ambition — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 07:54:03 -0500

and...a close up

my entrance piece for "bowl of humen delights" exhib: liquid pasion

ambition — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 07:34:44 -0500

this is my entrance piece for the exhipition I talkt earlier about. the hole piece has been forged, raised and chased out of a single billet of mokume. metals are silver copper and brass
piece is 28 cm in diameter and about 17 cm high. general shape whas inspiren on a drop of water falling and bounching back

silversmith congress 2008

ambition — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 04:38:45 -0500

maybe I should've posted it earlier but the silversmithing congress 2008 in europe is coming up. 25 26 27 april, this time held in the netherlands, partualy in shertogenbosch and schoonhoven.
schoonhoven is the national "silver city" and has a world reputation in silversmithing and goldsmithing. the three day congress will include:

Suggestions for making threads on a sterling bottle

Gavaksa — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 07:39:13 -0600

I'm looking at making a small sterling bottle and I want to put a screw cap on it like flask. Unfortunately, I have NO IDEA how to even begin to make the threads on the bottle, no less the cap.

Basically, I'm making an oil bottle and need to be able to screw the lid down to engage the gasket. I've run over a couple of ideas in my mind about how I might go about this, but none of them seem a good way to go.

Threaded sterling perfume bottle

Gavaksa — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 07:38:06 -0600

Although not the same size, etc. This is more or less what I'm trying to accomplish.

BirdMan

marilyn — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 19:13:17 -0500

BirdMan

marilyn — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 19:12:26 -0500