Making product and creating by-products

©2017 Barry Smith - Watch pendant - by-product of the production process

I was making a few pair of resin cuff links and watch earrings as stock for Entangle Living Art shop-gallery.

I always find that the process of making often results in other bits which I call process by-products.

The earrings started with watch bodies.

©2017 Barry Smith - A selection of watch bodies

These needed to be drilled and have posts and crystals attached before polishing and attaching earwires. Five pair of watch earrings emerged. Some of the photos are a bit blurred - too much rushing.

©2017 Barry Smith  - Rectangular watch earrings - lot of wear, history and patina on the faces

©2017 Barry Smith - The beauty of the mechanisms and rubies - round earrings

©2017 Barry Smith - The beauty of the mechanisms and rubies - small rectangular earrings

©2017 Barry Smith  - What time is that - round watch body earrings

©2017 Barry Smith - The beauty of the mechanisms and rubies - slightly larger round earrings

The cufflinks started with old cuff links and a selection of watch cogs.

©2017 Barry Smith 

After pouring resin, sanding the pieces to shape and then polishing I managed to achieve 4 pair.

©2017 Barry Smith - Rectangular resin cuff links

©2017 Barry Smith - Triangular resin cuff links

©2017 Barry Smith - Square resin cuff links

©2017 Barry Smith - Horseshoe resin cuff links

Left over resin created a few pendants.

©2017 Barry Smith - Crystals, cogs and metal punchings (these pendants are about 30mm in diameter)

©2017 Barry Smith - Crystals and rods in a small brass punched bowl (about 25-30mm in diameter)

Resin also went into creating a few watch pendants for three sisters to remember a father by.

©2017 Barry Smith 

Now of course there is the paper work and posting to be done. But it was good to achieve these outcomes today.

We will have bubbles tonight as Fiona completed another commission - adding story words to one of the large wall art pieces in our local IGA.

©2017 Barry Smith - Fragment of the story words on the artwork - I love the subtle choice of colours and font and how the words become part of the art.

Responding to a jewellery request

©2016 Barry Smith - Watch bodies and parts - riveted, adorned, ground and polished - ready for assembly

A fellow artist bought a watch part pendant for a daughter at Christmas time - it was well received so why not complement it with watch part earrings. Requirements included: not too heavy; not too long; and not too many jangles.

I had sent my stock of watch part earrings to Jo St Baker Studio-gallery in Redcliffe a couple of weeks ago. I promised I would have a selection for consideration this afternoon (Friday). So you know what I was doing today.

Below are two groupings of earrings: those with whole watch bodies; and others made from watch parts.

©2016 Barry Smith - Watch body earrings - some showing the beauty of worn faces and others the beauty of the workings - but all are reversible of course.

©2016 Barry Smith - Watch part earrings - cut, riveted, adorned etc

A few photos of some of the pairs of earrings.

©2016 Barry Smith - Split cog earrings - about 35mm long.

©2016 Barry Smith - Watch base plate earrings

©2016 Barry Smith - Small split cog earrings (about 20-25mm long)

©2016 Barry Smith - Small - adjustment plates - fob-watches with rubies (about 20-25mm long)

©2016 Barry Smith - Watch body earrings - lot of history on the faces - about 30mm long including crystals

©2016 Barry Smith - Watch body earrings - beauty of the workings - about 30mm long including crystals

Must away to put the pieces in the studio-gallery shop for the client to make a choice. Then off for dinner with Fiona's dad - I believe baked fish and a crisp white wine!!!