Rustnstuff: Cake Lifters

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Sunday, March 13, 2016

Something old and something new for a wedding

I got my sculptural mountain-wing wood forms sanded and oiled on Saturday. I now need to let them just absorb the oil fully before I start to add the metal wraps.

So I moved on to a commission to create a wedding cake knife and server from a ornate silver-plated EPNS tray and twisted heavy gauge copper wire. As is often the case with me I decided to make two sets just to ensure that there was a high quality one to deliver. I decided to differentiate between the two sets by adding brass handles to the second one.

Anyway the process started with marking up and cutting up a 30cm 'round' silver-plated tray - this way I can get the most out of a tray. Of course there are a few off cuts that well become leaf forms and other things.

I twisted, hammered, bent and drilled the cut pieces and heavy gauge wire; and they were ready for grinding and polishing.

And then all the bits were brought together through the riveting process. I think both sets have turned out well - so options exist for the client. The knives are about 30cm long including the handle; and the servers are between 23cm and 25cm long.

Hopefully a set will be packed and posted early next week. Then I will get back on to the small sculptures.

Friday, May 2, 2014

Home-wares and art-wares …..

I think it is good to pause sometimes and celebrate achievements - so that is what this blog post is about.

Over the last little I have had some good news from a few of the outlets selling my wares. Maleny Additions has sold a number of my ladles, leaf-spoons and the commissioned cake lifter and knife. Fiona refers to these as my homewards line …..

Anne from Rosetta Books has sold a couple of pieces of my Steampunk influenced jewellery.

And Gary Myers Gallery has sold quite a number of my bowls - including 3 Starburst bowls.

It is good place to be - selling a range of stuff that is. I need to get back down into the garage-studio and start creating more bowls of various kinds as my gallery shop is just about bare - and that is a good way to be.

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

A slightly different request

As I have said in other posts, I sell my ladles and leaf-spoons through our local excellent gift and homewards store - Maleny Additions. The stock of ladles and leaf-spoons have sold out so I'm in the process of making another batch.

Below is a photo of the beginnings of lots of pieces - from left to right: Daily Word bowl blanks; Leaf Letter Opener blanks - partly marked up; Leaf-spoon blanks - marked up; formed rough bowls for ladles; and a couple of triangles of metal for a new request - Cake Lifters!!!

The Cake Lifter request has a bit of urgency about as I think it could be a wedding gift or for use a a wedding - so I got to finish that today. The photos below show the components in the rough; and then assembled (riveted) and polished.

And of course I made two to give the person a choice. Both blades of the lifters are cut from a very heavy patterned silver plate over copper circular serving tray - very old. The blades are 10-12 cm long - lift a good sized piece of cake. The silver handle was formerly the handle of a cake tray - cut down and bent this way and that. The copper handle is very heavy gauge copper wire - twisted in the vice and flattened on the anvil. As my first Cake Lifters they have turned out well. Off to Maleny Additions tomorrow or Friday.