Any chance of corrugated Bazola bits?

Recently Noela and I have had a reasonable number of sales from our collaborative Bazola jewellery range that is sold through Main Street Gallery in Montville.

Now that Noela has recovered and come back down to earth after her wanderings in Morocco and other exotic places, we thought it was time to create more Bazola pieces. We agreed that I would make some foldformed bits this weekend for her to use in her designs - she asked if I could make a few mini corrugated bits.

Barry Smith © Corrugated Bazola bits

Barry Smith © Corrugated bit from jardiniere before polishing

Barry Smith © Corrugated bit from jardiniere after polishing

In the photos above you can see a few corrugated bits to test the idea - different size corrugations and different metal including recycled thin brass from the base of a pot, heavier brass from the side of a jardiniere and some silver-plate from an old sugar bowl.

Barry Smith © Bazola bits from old tray

Barry Smith © Bazola bits from old tray

I also made some Bazola bits from an old serving tray.

Barry Smith © Bazola bits from old silver-plated fruit platter

And some other silver-plate bits from the rim of a heavy fruit platter.

Most of the pieces are in sets so Noela can use them to create earrings and pendant sets; or can just use them as individual pieces. Guess we will wait to see what becomes of the corrugations and other bits.

Barry Smith © Metal scraps

I always enjoy making the Bazola bits because I can take unsightly scraps such as the above I used today - and with a little cutting, beating, folding, marking and polishing I can change them so they are ready to be given a new life in something of beauty.