I will be offering classes from my studio as well as looking for opportunities to teach jewelry or bladesmithing. Great technique subjects would be lost wax / sand casting, pattern welding / damascus or bladesmithing. I have taught at Shelburne Craft School, Peter’s Valley Craft School, New England School of Metalwork, and U-32 High School art & jewelry. Check put the Classes section in the links, and feel free to inquire.
Cleaned up & organized the shop, for the benefit of mind, body and spirit. Putting a shop tour with photos up here on the website, and making a video for Patreon.
Had to take a bit of a social media break. Many bureaucratic fiascoes, Winter doldrums, website woes and not the least, quite an argument with my propane company, which ended with the state attorney general sending the local office a very satisfying nasty-gram on my behalf. Hark! For tomorrow I should finally be getting a new propane tank and a new supplier. In the meantime I now have gold, silver and steel on hand. The forge shall arise again.
Getting ready to rivet up this lovely drinking horn in silver & opals… it gets a walnut stand and a few more silver bits, but we’re honing in.
Sale on damascus ring orders through November. See more pics in the Ring Gallery, see Ordering Process & Pricing, a video on Making Damascus Rings and the most comprehensive damascus ring FAQ on the Internet. Contact with any questions.
10% off through November on anything on my Available Now page. Subtract it from the price, and add $10 for postage, and you’re good to fill it out on my Contact / Purchase page. Inquire with any questions. 🙂
Here’s a falcata I finished recently. A falcata is an Iberian-Celt short sword, often featuring zoomorphic hilts, though not, perhaps, the elusive tiger. More pics in the Sword Gallery.
Lining up a drinking horn. I can do it in bronze for $450, silver for $900, and could look into gold plating either metal as well. Would be fun! Can do boar, raven, Urnes beast, or custom finial. Let me know if you’re interested. Otherwise I’ll cast it up in bronze over the next week or two. You can email with inquiries on my Contact/Purchase page, where I can also take payments direct through the website.
Many new pics up in the Damascus Ring Gallery. I have parted ways with Etsy over some ethical issues, where many more pics were previously posted. I will be happy to still take orders here, while exploring other fun things to make. 😊
I have just added direct credit card processing to the website via Stripe. It’s on the Contact / Purchase page in the menu. For now there’s no direct link from the items in the Available Now page, but I’m working on it. Just remember how much they are listed for,…