A lovely bunch of bracelets

I started making a few bracelets as I wanted to give one to a friend and work colleague as a gift. She is the sort of person who always goes out of her way to organise things in just the right thoughtful way. She has a fairly tiny wrist so I needed to make a small adjustable cuff bracelet from the rim of a recycled wine goblet.

But as you know one thing always leads to another; and so I ended up experimenting with how I might use the handles I cut from trays. Below are the results of two different approaches.

©2014 Barry Smith - Bracelets made from recycled silver-plated copper and EPNS

 A simple adjustable spiral.

©2014 Barry Smith - Bracelets made from recycled silver-plated copper

And a bracelet with a riveted piece from a old silver-plated copper tray.

©2014 Barry Smith - Bracelets made from recycled silver-plated copper

©2014 Barry Smith - Bracelets made from recycled silver-plated copper

And of course I made the cuff bracelet for our friend (the one at the back); and a couple of other to go with it.

©2014 Barry Smith - Bracelets made from recycled silver-plated EPNS goblets

©2014 Barry Smith - Bracelets made from recycled silver-plated EPNS goblets

I liked the fluting in the very heavy and thick goblet that produced the bracelet above. I'm not sure if that happens to you - you start one thing and it just snowballs - but I like that part of the creative journey.