Toy Piece

I figured that this should just have its own post.  I haven't really had much time to focus on the toy yet because I've been focused on my production piece but I am planning on making a top.  Tops have always been one of my favorite toys.  I've been considering creating a top that has an open, well top section creating something like a vessel and filling it with dirt and grass seed. It'd still be a functioning toy, it'd also be very interesting to look at once the grass starts growing and it goes along perfectly with my theme the influence of time.  My biggest concern right now is how to get the top to a decent enough point where it will spin.

I still need to do the samples of the texture and patinas to go along with this project, but I'm leaning towards using either the ammonia or vinegar patina.  I love the colors you can achieve with them and depending what kind of texture I could achieve I was thinking of maybe portraying a root system around the outside of the top.

November 26th

Next week is the Student Sale................. That sucks.  It crept up really fast.  There was some sort of problem with Rio Grande shipping my tubing for my earrings and my bracelet the second time I had to buy it (since I can't find my first piece of tubing) so I had to reorder it.  A few minutes and a lot more money than I wanted to spend (mainly due to overnight shipping because of time) my tubing plus packaging to use for the student sale is on its way.  I don't have too much more to do on everything.  Well that's kind of a lie, but it I'll be able to get it all done hopefully with Wednesday plus one other day this weekend.

Still the production piece

So yet again I changed my production design but I think I’m actually happy with it now.  It’s turned into more of a bangle, but it will be hinged on the one side.  I’m still going with the four seasons idea by setting four stones on the bangle, but I will also be making 4 sets of earrings to go with each of the seasons.  I decided through working on the prototype piece that it would probably be best to solder on wire in order to retain the vein design of the leaf for the bangle, which will also compartmentalize where the stones for the seasons go.  I’m also fairly certain that I figured out a way to clasp the bangle together. I feel like this would be simple enough but still work fairly well for the piece.