Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Orca Bracelet



I engraved this piece a few years back, yet it is still one of my favourites. My friend and teacher Jay Simeon really helped me with this piece. The design reflects that. This bracelet kind of represents a big turn in my art life. It really showed me that I was able to push myself to work harder, pay more attention and to put everything into my work. It really paid off and I was very proud of this bracelet.

18K Gold Thunderbird Bracelet


This is an 18K gold Thunderbird bracelet that was taken by Lattimer Gallery here in Vancouver. I really enjoy engraving on 18K gold. It is quite soft, yet hard enough to offer some resistance to my gravers. It sure polishes up with nice colour depth that is sometimes lost in 14K gold.

Octopus Bracelet


This was the first Octopus bracelet that I have made. This was a tough bracelet to design, even though it is quite a simple design. It was a lot of fun. To my surprise my mom really liked this one and was disappointed that she didn't get it to wear. Sorry mom hahah!! Being the good son I am, I did promise her one later on though.

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Eagle pendant - Chased

This was my second go at chasing. This time it went a little faster than my first attempt. Overall I am very happy with both chased pieces I have done. Its sure a lot of fun challenging something new.

Eagle & Spirit Human Belt Buckle


This was the first Belt Buckle I made. I actually made it out of a rolled out 1976 Montreal Olympic coin. (Don't tell the queen!!) It was a lot of fun working on this. It was bought and displayed at Lattimer Gallery.