Friday 27 January 2012

Gauntlet Pair

I made the other hand of the gauntlets. Pictures of this hand start where the other hand left off, if you want to see the whole build, mirror the pictures of the left hand and then look at the right.


This one got finger tips first rather that last.


 Lobster tail hand


COMBINED!


What I've done that annoyed me was that I put both the buckles and hinges on the same side rather that opposite so they mirror, changing it would require a whole new sheet of metal or unsightly holes.
(Taking pictures with no hands is hard)


 And the finished product.


I'm thinking maybe spaulders next, maybe some chainmaille for over my elbows.


Wednesday 11 January 2012

Gauntlet

So I made this gauntlet, I used brass sheet, leather gloves and pop rivets, all from ebay


First I made a prototype out of cereal box card.



Brass sheet, I used 4 of these and drew around the cardboard pieces, terrible flash picture.
This is a later piece for the larger parts.


Then cut them out with some metal shears and bent them into shape.


Leather glove. Adding pieces to it and riveting the through the glove. I used my mini vice to close the rivets.









Then I stopped taking regular pictures for some silly reason, but this is the finished piece.


Found some hinges in a a DIY shop, riveted.


Strap used to be on some lady boots.
Bootstraps, bootstraps.


I especially like the thumb.



And I am starting on a right hand one too.






Sunday 8 January 2012

Nuts

Made a nut ring for myself, the nut was originally silver coloured but then when I sanded it it went brass coloured. Ah well I still think it looks good. Will make more to sell.



Friday 6 January 2012

New key

Made another key, tried a different style of teeth, it was a pain in the ass soldering the little bits together.

Chainmaille


These are the bracelets I made a while ago, the four outer ones are half Persian weave with anodised aluminium and the middle one is a box chain with copper rings. The black rings on them are elastic so they just stretch over my hand so no clasp is needed. These are the ones I wear most of the time.

My box of rings and below some others I made, the rainbow one is another stretchy one. The pink and black one is a Byzantine weave which doesn't work to well with stretchy rings so is better with a clasp. The copper one is called helm weave which I think is really pretty, I made one like this for my mum, and she really likes it.

I will make more to sell, all these styles in whatever combination of colours in any weave.




Wednesday 4 January 2012

Bookmark

A bookmark made using a coat hanger, ribbon and a little brass heart with a pop rivet, nifty eh? I got the design from a MrBalleng on Instructables. This one was made for my mum, but I'm willing to make more for £3 each. 




Tuesday 3 January 2012

The Beginning















I have made a blog on my cousin's instructions to showcase my work. It has been a fairly easy process so far so I hope it becomes a fruitful venture. I make jewellery and other little bitty things like keys and stuff, and will be selling things if people are interested. This is my first piece modelled by my girlfriend's hand.