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Bike Chain Earrings Part 1

Posted on April 18, 2017 by Boston Biker

I have been experimenting with some different way to turn bike chain into earrings, here is my first try. The entire construction is bike chain parts, except for the silver ear stud. The tricky part was figuring out how to cut the very hard steel rings…until I remembered you can tempter steel to make it […] Continue reading →

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Thing A Week 14: Silicone Tea Cup Cover Pewter Charms

Posted on April 18, 2017 by Boston Biker

Last week I made some silicone tea covers to help with the steeping process, this week I made some pewter charms to go inside the little indentation that I made in the top of the design. Using the process I have come to think of “making things in pewter” I used some mold max 60 […] Continue reading →

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Thing A Week 14: Silicone Tea Cup Cover Pewter Charms

Posted on April 18, 2017 by Boston Biker

Last week I made some silicone tea covers to help with the steeping process, this week I made some pewter charms to go inside the little indentation that I made in the top of the design. Using the process I have come to think of “making things in pewter” I used some mold max 60 […] Continue reading →

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Thing A Week 10: Rubber Stamp

Posted on March 12, 2017 by Boston Biker

I needed a rubber stamp to mark the packages I was sending out from my etsy store, so I figured…why not make one. I didn’t have any stamp rubber laying around, or the tools to carve it…so I started by making both of those. I had a little bit of mold max 60 left over […] Continue reading →

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Thing A Week 9: Dune Inspired Jewelery Part 1

Posted on March 5, 2017 by Boston Biker

I am very into Dune, and re-read the original 6 books once a year.  During my many re-reads I noticed there are a bunch of instances of jewelry being mentioned. So I decided I would re-create them. Kynes Rabbit Pin: A copper pin engraved with the likeness of a hare clasped the neck of Kynes’ […] Continue reading →

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Thing A Week 8: Run The Jewels Fist and Gun Hand Earrings

Posted on February 27, 2017 by Boston Biker

I liked the last two weeks projects so much (carving/casting the crow skull), that I decided I wanted to do some more carving and casting. Now that I have practiced a bit I think I can do it all in one week.   I have been listening to a lot of Run The Jewels lately […] Continue reading →

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Thing A Week 7: Casting A Crow Skull In Pewter

Posted on February 19, 2017 by Boston Biker

Last week I carved a wax crow skull, or at least sorta one (I am no sculptor). Now I want to cast it in Pewter. Before I can do that though I have to make a mold. First I got a plastic cup and cut the bottom off. Then use some molding clay to fill […] Continue reading →

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Thing A Week 6: Carving A Wax Crow Skull

Posted on February 12, 2017 by Boston Biker

I want to make a pewter casting of a crow skull for a pair of earrings.  The only problem is, crow skulls are too big for earrings, and I don’t have a crow skull. I do have carving wax and some wax carving tools, so I decided I would make a scale model of a […] Continue reading →

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Thing A Week 5: Light Project

Posted on February 5, 2017 by Boston Biker

We have a big ole shelf in our kitchen that I made out of a board I found in the garbage, but because its so big, it is kind of dark under it.  It’s also far away from any outlet, so I had to get creative with the power supply. In the end I went […] Continue reading →

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Thing A Week 4: Borax Red Jewlery

Posted on January 30, 2017 by Boston Biker

I have occasionally in my goofing around with torch and flux turned a piece of copper bright red. I had no idea how I had accomplished it, and chocked it up to a fluke of chemistry.  The color however was gorgeous, and I was sad I couldn’t recreate it….that was until I stumbled upon the […] Continue reading →

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