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Thing A Week

Thing A Week 16: DIY Solar Battery Charger

Posted on April 23, 2017 by Boston Biker

My mom has this habit of every once in a while gathering up all the junk in her house she doesn’t want and sending it to me in a box.  It is both very sweet, and frustrating.  I never know what to do with all the stuff she sends.  Recently she sent me a little […] 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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Thing A Week 3: Casting An Adult Toy In Silicone

Posted on January 22, 2017 by Boston Biker

As part of my new years resolution to make a new thing every week this year, I have decided to make the third weeks project, casting an adult toy in silicone. Last week I sculpted an adult toy in clay, this week I am going to cast it in silicone.  I am using a two part […] Continue reading →

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Thing A Week 2: Sculpting An Adult Toy

Posted on January 15, 2017 by Boston Biker

As part of my new years resolution to make a new thing every week this year, I have decided to make the second weeks project, sculpting an adult toy. Hold on to your hats prudes, and wholesome folks, futurecrash is going blue.  By which I mean, I have decided to make my own adult toy.  The […] Continue reading →

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