Wednesday, January 16, 2013

For Liz & adding a peace page

A good friend of ours - Liz and her husband popped in today to drop off a book. If I'm a leaf person Liz is a feather person.

Amidst a myriad of things that we talked about I showed her the feather earrings - it was in love at first sight - but it seems they did not quite suit - but "a feather pendant would be nice". So this afternoon a couple of feathers for pendants were made. One from silver-plate over copper and one from silver-plate over brass. The outcomes are shown in the photos below. The feather forms are about 6-7.5cm long and about 1-1.5cm wide. I deliberately left the bent and crinkled look to the feather forms - just seemed to be a bit more like the ones found by the roadside

©2013 Barry Smith - Feather form pendant 1 - silver-plate over copper
©2013 Barry Smith - Feather form pendant 2 - silver-plate over brass
©2013 Barry Smith - Feather forms
And whilst I was at it I thought I'd add a page to the earlier layered pendant - so it is now a Peace Pendant as well. As you can see from the first photo the additional page is made from silver-plate over copper. I will be a bit sad when I finish the metal from this tray.

©2013 - A Peace Page
©2013 Barry Smith - Becoming Peace Book 2
©2013 Barry Smith - Becoming Peace Book 2
It was grand to spend a little time at the anvil; and good to add a little more towards this year of peace.




5 comments:

  1. Perfectly lovely sentiment expressed so beautifully in your book pendant. Love the feathers as well.

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  2. ~barry...beautifully done...you took such thought and transformed it into a gorgeous piece...i love seeing the books evolve...may you find more trays to come your way...here's to a wonderful day ahead...be well and blessings always~

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  3. You've made the perfect pendant even more perfect! Your photos really show it to great advantage. And, B, your feather pendants are wonderful!

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  4. love the pendant....cuffs....you are doing some great stuff....I think you and your anvil are evolving.....

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  5. love the anvil antics especially.....you and your anvil are going places young man.....

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