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| ©2018 Barry Smith - A firm grip on the Tea Caddy Leafspoon as I polish on the cotton jeweller's polishing wheel - the gloves have seen better days. |
The metal blanks were marked up and cut and then the blank forms went through their process of transformation.
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| ©2018 Barry Smith - Silver-plated blanks marked up |
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| ©2018 Barry Smith - Quite a lot of cutting with small curved metal shears |
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| ©2018 Barry Smith - Bowl section of the spoons formed ready for the leaf section to be folded, hammered and then opened |
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| ©2018 Barry Smith - Forms partially opened |
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| ©2018 Barry Smith - Forms opened, edges ground and ready for polishing with cotton wheel and silver polish |
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| ©2018 Barry Smith - Looking shiny after polishing |
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| ©2018 Barry Smith - Six of the 16 leaves had brass back as the silver-plated just disintegrated in the hammering process |
As you can see from the photos I made 16 Tea Caddy Leafspoons in all. I thought I had 15 blanks but as it turned out there were 16.
They look lovely.
ReplyDeleteso many makers i know now are busy making spoons...is it a thing that i've not known about? anyhow, yours are delightful!
ReplyDeleteFour fours ... 2 to the 4th power ... a perfect even-ing
ReplyDeletesuch beautiful Leafspoons!
ReplyDeleteI find it quite fascinating watching this process of yours step by step Barry. And then seeing the final photos of the finished pieces ... what a transformation. Lovely.
ReplyDeleteHi P, V, LA MC & SB - sorry for my delayed response to your welcome and generous visits and comments. P & MC - thanks. V - interesting that you say that as an artist friend of ours has started carving wooden spoons. LA - LOL. SB - I know the process intrigues me and as you say a satisfaction to see the transformation from discarded tray to something practical but attractive as well. Go well. B
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