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Time is an illusion.
~ Albert Einstein
This gold pocket watch belonged to my late father in law. The glass cover has long gone and you might notice the short hand is broken. I wanted to do something different in photographing it. When I was done, I called it a day :)
Shot with vintage Jena Pancolar 50mm f1.8, and 12mm Kenko extension tube.
Thai Benjarong was founded in 1966. It was originally named “Siam Ceramic Handmade”.
The finest artisans use techniques developed from the 18 century to produce instant museum collectable quality. I can attest to the beauty and delicate nature of this gorgeous little bowl.
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18K Rose and Yellow golds.
Green Beryl, Aquamarine
5.05 grms, 5.13 grms
2 7/16" total length. 62mm
156 parts
Designed/ /Hand-Fabricated by Scott Schreiber / 2014
Central California, USA
After a pretty busy weekend got back to the bench!
Montana Agate, sterling silver and 18kgold
#simpleandstill
Wet Plate Collodion Image shot in camera onto semi precious aquamarine stone using my 1912 large format 5x7 field camera
A custom Secret Garden ring with a deep red carnelian cabochon set in an 18k gold bezel. The bezel and stone are a perfect combination with the gold really bringing out the best in the stone.
The shank is made from three half round bands lined with a floral patterned sterling-- thus the Secret Garden name.
This ring is just over 1" tall by just under 3/8" wide. It is a size 6.
The construction of this was a comedy of errors. Several of the gold spots fell off, during various stages of the process. The silver was inadvertently reticulated, the seam busted open during forming, plus it was 2 sizes too big. So now it's adjustable and I sawed holes where some of the missing spots are. This was to be my 30 minute ring submission for Lark books, but now I'm out of 18k. I do like the holes, though.
Yay! It's done......geeeez! This piece had a long gestation. First, the client had been hanging on to this lovely stone for over 10 years......it's a beautiful stone....but has a bit of an unusual cut, and then it took us another full year and two weeks from our first contact to make it a reality. It is made from 20.9 grams of 18k gold, which I alloyed and milled myself, has cast and fabricated parts....and includes an integral mechanism which allows the stone to be clicked into positions which will display either the high-domed front of the stone, or the much lower domed back of the stone. In either position the reflective dish displays a lively magnified image of the obscured side. It was a real pleasure to make....And I thank her, my patron! Thanks, Beth!
These wedding bands are made in a series of layers. The innermost material is a sterling silver and copper mokume gane. Mokume is a Japanese metallurgical technique where different sheets of metal are stacked and then fused together. Then this composite sheet is punched, indented, filed and sanded to reveal the cross-section of layers below creating a sort of wood grain effect. Next comes a thin titanium washer and then another of sterling silver. Finally these rings are lined with a thin sleeve of 18k gold, flared out on the ends to hold everything together nice and neat.
Lady Godiva was an Anglo-Saxon noblewoman who took pity on the people of Coventry, who were suffering grievously under her husband's oppressive taxation. Lady Godiva appealed again and again to her husband, who obstinately refused to remit the tolls. At last, weary of her entreaties, he said he would grant her request if she would strip naked and ride through the streets of the town.
According to legend, Lady Godiva took him at his word and, after issuing a proclamation that all persons should keep within doors and shut their windows, she rode through the town, clothed only in her long hair.
Only one person in the town, a tailor (ever afterwards known as Peeping Tom), disobeyed her proclamation in one of the most famous instances of voyeurism. In the story, Tom bores a hole in his shutters so that he might see Godiva pass, and was struck blind. How funky is that!
Ultimately and most importantly, Lady Godiva's husband kept his word and abolished those onerous taxes in the end.
What, you ask, is a Raqs Sharqi? It's a glorious, swishy, dingly dangly belly dance costume. See, I thought that whilst Lady Godiva's gorgeous in her birthday suit et all, I didn't want to create something based on peachy, earthy hues. I thrive on the unpredictable, and you know you've come to expect the unexpected from Eclettica :)
So I asked myself. If Lady Godiva had her pick, what would she be wearing right here right now? Something form-fitting to show off those divine curves to perfection. Classy but with a hint of rebellion. Chic yet completely unorthodox. And why not a Raqs Sharqi.
Lady Godiva Wears A Raqs Sharqi is fabulously fashioned from over 200 Ruby Rondelles (both Kenyan as well as Burmese, in light and dark pink hues, completely natural in colouring). These sashay gaily as they cavort and flirt with the clusters of over 150 Yellow and Green Sapphires.
Exquisite Scapolites add a hint of delicate champagne peachy yellow whilst Sunstones pack a fiesty visual punch. A note about the beautiful Figure 8 Chains used - they're 18K Gold Filled and deliciously vintage from the 1930s.
We come now to that beautiful focal.
Surrounded by burlesque fringes of Orange, Peach and Canary Yellow Sapphire Briolettes amidst exotic whirls and swirls of wire-wrapped decadence is a HUGE 60Ctw Blood Red Ruby Briolette which measures an impressive 35mm in length.
Clearly size does matter here.
~ adding my own touches here and there, trying very hard to make sure this didn't turn out to be too much like what my friend Ewa makes :) ~
This is the central rotating bezel assembly of this job......which is nearing completion. This is the back of the stone.
"Picture yourself in a boat on a river,
With tangerine trees and marmalade skies
Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly,
A girl with kaleidoscope eyes.
Cellophane flowers of yellow and green,
Towering over your head.
Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes,
And she's gone.
Lucy in the sky with diamonds.
Follow her down to a bridge by a fountain
Where rocking horse people eat marshmellow pies,
Everyone smiles as you drift past the flowers,
That grow so incredibly high.
Newspaper taxis appear on the shore,
Waiting to take you away.
Climb in the back with your head in the clouds,
And you're gone.
Lucy in the sky with diamonds,
Picture yourself on a train in a station,
With plasticine porters with looking glass ties,
Suddenly someone is there at the turnstyle,
The girl with the kaleidoscope eyes."
The Beetles ~ 1967
I'd originally intended for these earrings to be part of a set with my necklace called "Lucy in the Sky with (Black) Diamonds" but as with life's unexpected twists and turns, I've only just managed to complete them now :)
An exuberant celebration of life and all its colours (be they vivid and effervescent or dark and gritty), A Girl With Kaleidoscope Eyes is d-r-a-m-a personified.
Seemingly identical, each side of these dramatic danglers is a wee bit different, just for kicks!!
The right side is a circlet of glowing Moonstone Rondelles, framing an inner rim of Pink Tourmaline, just perfectly. A waterfall of Moonstones trickles towards Andalusite, Genuine Burmese Rubies, another tier of Andalusites, a subtle accent of Rose Quartz followed by a ruffle of more Burmese Rubies ... with all these petite pretties leading to an absolutely DECADENT AAA Polished Smokey Quartz Briolette set with an exquisite Pink Sapphire, in an 18K Solid Yellow Gold Bezel.
To the left, a similar circlet debuts but in a reversed line-up of gems with Pink Tourmalines outlining the frame as Moonstones dot the inner circumference. Draping downwards is a similar waterfall of gems showcasing Moonstones, Andalusites, Genuine Burmese Rubies, a touch of Rose Quartz, more Andalusites and a final layer of Burmese Rubies. And, of course, a final sumptuous Smokey Quartz Briolette featuring a second, beautiful Pink Sapphire. Magnificent. Simply magnificent.
I secure the pattern on a block of blue wax to make it easier to hold while I detailed the surface features. During the time it takes to carve it all out, it's best not to hold the pattern with your fingers.....as all that handling gradually wears the sharpness off the corners and high spots..
"Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep,
And can't tell where to find them;
Leave them alone,
And they'll come home,
Wagging their tails behind them.
Little Bo Peep fell fast asleep,
And dreamt she heard them bleating;
But when she awoke,
She found it a joke,
For they were still a-fleeting.
Then up she took her little crook,
Determined her to find them;
She found them indeed,
But it made her heart bleed,
For they'd left their tails behind them.
It happened one day, as Bo Peep did stray,
Into a meadow hard by;
There she espied,
Their tails side by side,
All hung on a tree to dry.
She heaved a sigh and wiped her eye,
And over the hillocks went rambling;
And tried what she could,
As a shepherdess should,
To tack each again to its lambkin."
The exact origin is uncertain, but Little Bo Peep can be traced back at least as far as the Victorian era. At least one bookmark from Victorian era is illustrated with Little Bo Peep, so the origin may be even earlier than this.
In Sussex, people claim it is a smuggling tale from the town of St. Leonards (Part of the Hastings conurbation). One of the Martello Towers, known informally as Bo Peep was used to house the customs men and sometimes to imprison the smugglers themselves.
The Bo Peep public house (which still stands) is said to have been used by smugglers. The extra verses of the rhyme make more sense in this context than if it is really about a shepherdess.
Little Bo Peep herself refers to the customs men, the sheep are the smugglers and the tails are the contraband (probably barrels of rum and/or brandy). It was known for smugglers to abandon their contraband if they heard the customs men were onto them.
The second verse probably refers to the fact that, in local communities, smugglers were more liked by the locals than the customs men and false trails were often set.
Yay! It's done......geeeez! This piece had a long gestation. First, the client had been hanging on to this lovely stone for over 10 years......it's a beautiful stone....but has a bit of an unusual cut, and then it took us another full year and two weeks from our first contact to make it a reality. It is made from 20.9 grams of 18k gold, which I alloyed and milled myself, has cast and fabricated parts....and includes an integral mechanism which allows the stone to be clicked into positions which will display either the high-domed front of the stone, or the much lower domed back of the stone. In either position the reflective dish displays a lively magnified image of the obscured side. It was a real pleasure to make....And I thank her, my patron! Thanks, Beth!
This was a custom wedding set that I made for a local couple.
His (the wider one) is sterling silver with a 14k gold lining. Hers is white gold with an 18k lining.
She wanted to incorporate the diamond from her engagement ring and designed this setting based on another ring that I make with a plain cupped disk around the stone. This was the first time I lined a ring with a stone-- a bit of a challenge, but with care, it was not too bad.
Yay! It's done......geeeez! This piece had a long gestation. First, the client had been hanging on to this lovely stone for over 10 years......it's a beautiful stone....but has a bit of an unusual cut, and then it took us another full year and two weeks from our first contact to make it a reality. It is made from 20.9 grams of 18k gold, which I alloyed and milled myself, has cast and fabricated parts....and includes an integral mechanism which allows the stone to be clicked into positions which will display either the high-domed front of the stone, or the much lower domed back of the stone. In either position the reflective dish displays a lively magnified image of the obscured side. It was a real pleasure to make....And I thank her, my patron! Thanks, Beth!
This is a very impressive authentic Rolex solid 18k gold datejust watch that has a genuine diamond dial and been fitted with a brand new solid 18k gold custom aftermarket presidential bracelet with hidden clasp. It is is the desired quickset model with sapphire crystal.
Check this one out:
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This shows the rotating and click assembly all tied in with the tiny rivet. The double-ended hardened white gold spring which supplies push to the click mechanism is 'free floating' and is only under full tension when the back plate is installed. It was critical to make sure it that all fine tuning and potential problems be discovered or anticipated before the blackplates were tightened down....as it would've be a pain to remedy them after.
These are a set of bangles that I made custom from the buyer's detailed drawings. She did most of the creative work on this one, I just did the fabrication.
Each are about 2.5" in diameter. All are hammered sterling silver. One features sterling balls; two have 24k gold leaf keum boo stamped with henna tattoo inspired designs; one has floral shapes cut from 18k gold/sterling silver bi-metal; and the last one features teardrop-shaped bezel set citrine briolettes.
The back.....and the finish I chose for it. The was just done with a stainless steel endbrush in my foredom. You start with a highly polished surface. To keep the pattern tight.....grind down the length of the wires to only about 3mm on a fine grinding wheel. This finish will show wear less readily than a highly polished surface....but still has a neat and finished appearance.
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Detail of the snap assembly of the enhancer/bale. There are seven parts to this piece. The cabochon ruby was a little design surprise for the client.
Yay! It's done......geeeez! This piece had a long gestation. First, the client had been hanging on to this lovely stone for over 10 years......it's a beautiful stone....but has a bit of an unusual cut, and then it took us another full year and two weeks from our first contact to make it a reality. It is made from 20.9 grams of 18k gold, which I alloyed and milled myself, has cast and fabricated parts....and includes an integral mechanism which allows the stone to be clicked into positions which will display either the high-domed front of the stone, or the much lower domed back of the stone. In either position the reflective dish displays a lively magnified image of the obscured side. It was a real pleasure to make....And I thank her, my patron! Thanks, Beth!
A combination of two pendant designs in one with the two hinged in the center. The pendant is designed to be worn either with the Amethyst or the Peridot at the top. Great use of color!
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Here's the skirt all ready to be soldered onto the dish....it is made to fit the shape of the dish exactly.
This is the engagement ring I gave my girlfriend (now wife). It is purposefully non-traditional except for the diamond on top. It is roughly engraved, like an African ring that she always wore on that same finger and is square like that ring too. The stripes on the "tower" are meant to invoke the bell tower of the duomo in Sienna, Italy, which is built of alternating layers of dark and light marble-- this was our first major vacation together. Inside the tower is trapped a rough garnet that we found on one of our first dates-- a hike in the North Cascades.
Dieter Lorenz creates the most beautiful carvings in Agate. This one is almost transparent and has different layers. Champagne Diamonds are "spilling" out at the bottom. The finish on the 18k gold matches the texture of the agate.
This truly scrumpdelicious confection was inspired by a recipe of the same name (but, I assure you, of infinitely stickier, gooey-er, yummier proportions) from the culinary genius that is Susan Filson. To put together these treats, check out this link:-
stickygooeycreamychewy.blogspot.com/2008/06/roasted-peach...
My personal serving of such mouthwatering sweeties began firstly with the studious wrapping of petite circlets which were then intricately decked out with GLORIOUS, say it with me now, GLORIOUS Gem Grade Peruvian Rhodocrosite Rondelles. Utterly a feast for the eyes. Adding my own bit of zest to the concoction are the Palest Yellow Citrine Rondelles and itty bitty White Seed Pearls.
Sumptuous waterfalls come next. Within them, pretty Polished Rhodocrosite Briolettes make a delectable statement alongside Golden Brown Keishi Pearls which tenderly cup more Peruvian Rhodocrosite Rondelles. Teeny Scapolite Rondelles are sprinkled throughout the palette- so too generous helpings of Spessartine Garnet Leaf Briolettes and Oregon Blonde Sunstone Briolettes; collectively and harmoniously providing consummate accents to soothe both visual and methaphorical palettes.
Brushed Vermeil Teardrops enable a perfectly crisp, golden finish.
This photo gives a good view of the different layers and types of metal and shows how they relate to one another. I liked the idea of taking the mokume, which is layered vertically (think of a stack of playing cards) and contrasting that with a series of layers running perpendicular to that (like books on a bookshelf).
My ring is the taller one!