Crafty Thread - what are you working on at the moment?
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Boudicca
Seaside Queen
Aha, what colour did you choose in the end?
They're currently a very dark greenish teal - tropical green+bermuda blue+jeans blue.
The residual colour was a pale greenish yellow, so I thought that if I aimed for even a very dark red the colour would be muddy.
Also need some fabric paint in red and opaque yellow (already got copper)...
wayward bob
i ate all your bees
work in progress 
enamelling
city building
enamelling
city building
wayward bob
i ate all your bees
finished object spam \o/
(for scale it's 6 x 4.5 x 1.5cm)
(for scale it's 6 x 4.5 x 1.5cm)
purenarcotic
Conveniently Pocket Sized
That's gorgeous, bob.
wayward bob
i ate all your bees
I want to touch it
that's exactly what i wanted
it fits just lovely in the palm of your hand and thanks
i'm a bit <squee> about it i'll admit one down, one to go...
wayward bob
i ate all your bees
hope my tutors feel the same 
wayward bob
i ate all your bees
thankyou 
silverfish
Sprinkling glitter on turds
Currently fashioning a duct tape iPod sports strap as I lost my iPod shuffle and have to rely on a steam powered big old iPod
Phots to follow
Phots to follow
Treacle Toes
Time
finished object spam \o/
(for scale it's 6 x 4.5 x 1.5cm)
Oh lady!!!!! That is quite simply beautiful....MAGIC of the best kind.
Treacle Toes
Time
albionism
A successful virus clinging to a speck of mud.
finished object spam \o/
(for scale it's 6 x 4.5 x 1.5cm)
wow, how gorgeous. Do you do tutorials?
Treacle Toes
Time
^^^^^ She should!
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
Manter
Lunch Mob
This ^ wayward bobI want to touch it
Love the colours.
Fez909
toilet expert
Great stuff, wayward bob . I can't believe you made a radio And that book/binder/? is amazing!
And that book/binder/? is amazing!
moose
like some cat from Japan
I've used it a lot to fix things - cables, bits of car etc
slightlytouched
Tick Tock.....
Does a drawing count as crafts?
Just finished it.
Just finished it.
wayward bob
i ate all your bees
thanks everyone
happy to talk through the process, it's pretty straightforward. we have kilns at college but you can use a blow torch if you're setting up on your own.
happy to talk through the process, it's pretty straightforward. we have kilns at college but you can use a blow torch if you're setting up on your own.
Also this is only vaguely crafty thread related but I'm really excited......
it's a really really long story as to why but I'm signing up to a metalwork/welding/sculpture course starting in January.
It's the first thing I've actually been really proper enthusiastic about in a long time.
it's a really really long story as to why but I'm signing up to a metalwork/welding/sculpture course starting in January.
It's the first thing I've actually been really proper enthusiastic about in a long time.
wayward bob
i ate all your bees
no worries at all, always happy to yammer on about making stuff
yeah enamelling is just applying layers of powdered glass onto a metal base and firing to melt/fuse it. we use copper at college cos it's cheap but it's not very shiny so i used silver foil over the top, which is what makes the colours so luminous. i used a technique called cloisonné where you apply wires to the base and then fill in between with different colours.
the city is made from a load of dismantled radios. i'm spraying all the pieces white, so hopefully when it's done it'll look like an architectural model. it's going in a radio shape/size case cut from clear acrylic (eventually, if tech decides to take pity on me). so it'll be a little world inside a radio. i have teeny tiny people and trees for finishing touches too
