concept

from struggle comes strength; strength is beauty

hanging glass

moss ring (thanks elizabeth)

apartment therapy - hanging glass terrariums

playtime, hydraulic style

for tuesday we need four deep presses from our die. so far, no problems, maybe just working too gingerly (ie slowly) and doing quite a few presses per sheet (no busting through, yet!). i picked a super-simple oval shape, not necessarily out of laziness, but figured it would be nice to have some go-to simple shapes for WHENEVER i get my etsy out of the ditch it fell into. however, i have already gotten bored and proceeded to turn one into a brooch thing:



ok, so its really not close to anything, but im setting a black cabochon in there eventually, riveting the copper and silver together, and maybe some sort of patina. (don't worry jan, i promise to actually do the assignment, too)