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Arts & Crafts Style Trinket Tray

by Laurie Jane Kern on February 20, 2010

Actually I think it might be more Art Nouveau  but I will let you decided.

This tray was requested by Elisa of Scotland a few weeks ago. She wanted another tray to put her bling in, when she is washing dishes. Personally I don’t think a person of her lineage should be doing dishes but maybe times are tough for her highness too.

Hmm, could this be why I have not gotten my Royal Warrant yet either? Maybe she let the calligrapher go?

The tray was “raised” about 4 weeks ago and then I was trying to finish the shape when I smashed my thumb - and thus all work stopped on this. The thumb is all healed now and even though the tray is not symmetrical and one wall is more vertical than the other, I got started on the chasing & repousse last week.

It took four attempts to get the curly-q’s to the point where I was happy. I then thickened the lines, lined the design and then flipped the tray so I could start the repousse from the back. The tray is longer than the diameter of my pitch bowl and thus I had to fill the tray and build a platform of pitch to place the tray on.

[I have just bought a 8" diam shallow pitch pot]

Today I finish the tray, trimmed the walls, filed out the rough spots and it is now being cleaned. I will probably mail it to Elisa sometime next week. Maybe I will send some home grown lemons too (so they don’t get scurvy this winter)

Trinket Tray

I am very happy with the results and I am thinking that “trinket trays” might be a product line - yes I am almost to the point where I want to make things to sell!

For more pictures visit the Metals 2010 page over at Kernology.

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The final post for 2009 and a copper tray/dish

by Laurie Jane Kern on December 31, 2009

This is it everyone, it is already 2010 in some places and in about 8 hours, 2009 will slip quietly by - into the past, here in Southern California.

I have spent the past two days working on a copper tray/dish.  It is for Elisa of Scotland who asked for THREE copper bowls to put her bling into.

FYI, I am the maker [most] of said bling. Over the past year, as I was learning to solder silver by making chains, pendants and rings, Elisa would alway ask for a copy - that and a few things she also wanted but I had not made for myself. Really, she was challenging me to go outside my safe zone.

Once I had mastered the art of sinking a small bowl out of  a copper disk, there was the request: “Could I have three wee copper bowls to put my bling into?” [again use your bad Gallic brogue here]. After some more discussion we decided on a small one for the earrings, a medium sized one for the rings and chain bracelets and a tray for the cuff bracelets and larger items.

The small bow which is approximately 2″ in diameter and about an 1.5″ deep and the medium sized bowl of 3″ in diameter and about 2″ deep were sent off at the beginning of the month.

The tray dish was another matter. I had just learned about raising and could not decide if I should sink the tray or raise it. Then my T-Stake arrived yesterday. I had to do it - the tray had to be raised. I drew out my oval, cut my copper and drew the line where the bottom would turn into the sides.

Into the garage I went at 6 pm with my hammers, stake and hope. I needed hope because my side wall was only going to be about 1″ high and that’s not much to work with.  I got one round done, annealed the copper and put into the pickle for the night.

At 11 am this morning, I got my hammers, stake, cleaned copper and went back into the garage. After two rounds, making a total of three, I knew it was done.  I planished it and took it upstairs for the final trim and cleaning. It is now 5:00 pm.

It is now done and I am so proud. I DID IT and it did not end up in the scrap bin YIPPPEEEE

Yes, I know there are chatter marks on the inside edge from the stake and my hammers but HEY, this is only the second thing I have raised.

Here is a picture. And to see more, follow this link to Kernology

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Ring-A-Ding-Ding-DING (part 3)

by Laurie Jane Kern on May 23, 2009

After I took the mount out of the pickle pot, I then soldered on the shank, back into the pickle pot it went and then I put it in the vibra-ora-torium, before I set the stone to make it really sparkle.

On Tuesday evening, I was ready to mount the stone. And then… we noticed I had missed soldering down one of the arms on the shank. D!@*n !!!!! Back into my office and I had it soldered in less than 5 minutes but it was then time for another round of pickle and tumbling

It is now, 9:30 on Satuday morning, and not only has the stone been mounted, it has been photographed and sent off to Elisa who emailed back a big OOOHHHHHH! I think she likes it.

So here it is, ALL DONE

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