Posts made by Crawfish

When your routine has been consistently fucked since Christmas and getting that momentum of motivated self-employment and working out back is like pushing a car sized boulder up hill.

Sterling silver snake, hand-carved in polymer clay then cast. I'll let the owner of both the necklace and that gorgeous clavicle tag herself if she wants.

Album of how I made it. Includes imagery of hot molten metal and FIRE. You've been warned.

@peasoupling said in The Crafting Thread:

@SinCerely said in The Crafting Thread:

@peasoupling said in The Crafting Thread:

@SinCerely I would need a slotted spoon, for accuracy!

With the little holes in it???

Yes!

Not really. Though some are very pretty!

I can make one for you!

@peasoupling said in The Crafting Thread:

@SinCerely I would need a slotted spoon, for accuracy!

With the little holes in it???

@Macha I'll let you know when I list them again. Shouldn't be too long.

@Kestrel said in Tastes Less Carrot-y:

Not with that attitude.

For all my spoonies out there, myself included. I made a bunch of these.

ETA: That is the world's smallest anvil btw.

@Wizz said in MU Things I Love:

What a great night, I am going to be gushing for weeks

If it's longer than four hours, please see a doctor, sugar.

@Wizz

@Wizz something about robots.

@surreality it's only like silver in that it's metal that can be formed with the right tools. You can't anneal it the same way, it can be welded but not soldered. Wire form is sort of like sterling in how it's malleable but it's really only useful anodized, it oxidizes easily without it, it seems. Given that you can't work it with anything once that happens (the lovely colorful layer gets damaged) the ring would have to stay open. Doesn't that catch on fiber?

Edit: Mixed up my metals. How embarrassing.

@Auspice I don't like putting any coating on metal, even ones that tarnish, but that's from the background of being a jeweler and understanding that anything I make is likely worn on the skin. I suppose in this situation it can work but I'd fuss over the coating transferring to whatever fiber is being used, either through heat or friction or whatever. I have a lot of pure silver though. Maybe if I got my hands on enough gold I could do something too. Maybe.

I've seen some markers carved of shell and bone, which is awesome because I have a decent amount of pre-ban ivory from an old piano repair shop (they couldn't sell it either and they were closing their doors) that I can't sell but want to do something with, and I know a lot of yarnsmiths that use markers all the time. HMM. maybe presents? Definitely feel like yarn markers are something you fiddle with in the future.

@surreality maybe fine silver then? It's squishy but doesn't tarnish.

@tek I should make sterling silver stitch markers. With rubies. Hmm.

@Rinel

(I tried to find 'he' but I couldn't I'm sorry)

@saosmash nerd.

Bah humbug but y'all have a safe one and get out with your sanity intact.

@Kanye-Qwest

This is all your fault.

The golden ratio is invading my work.

ETA I don't know why it's giving a subject warning but spirals are quite sexy. Beware.

@Herja wait let me make this awkward-

There we go.

@Herja how can you not know this