Things worked, crafted, sculpted written&knitted by RMers

[mookie]

I hate it when that happens! Ah well. Still an awesome table. You just need a bigger room now.

[dimejinky99]

made a shop counter

[dimejinky99]

Then i added flyaway shelves either end

[dimejinky99]

Ghosted out, beachhouse vibe sorta thing...

[dimejinky99]

And a real reminder that if your working from the underside, keep an eye on the wood...otherwise you end up with two very different looking halves...

[mookie]

Nice work!

Some things I've been cranking out.


Ammolite Pendant


Turquoise rings


Southwestern Shadowbox Earrings


This one is my new pride and joy - Sterling band with gypsy set stones. This ring style is going into production and should be available more towards the fall.

[dimejinky99]

They're amazing!!

[mookie]

Thanks! This week I'm not working on my own pieces. Boo. I had a resize on a ring and now I'm working on two pendant settings. Sometimes they take a bit longer than I'd like, but ah well.

The stone for pendant #1.


It's big. The setting is in the tumbler getting shiny. I'll set it later today. I was told this was a morganite, but another jeweler suggested to me that it's probably a topaz.

[dimejinky99]

That better be for a drag queen. Or Rufus wainwright. It's huge!

[mookie]

It took me 4 tries to get the second pendant put together. Ugh. Not sure what the problem was, but I melted a bunch of shit before I had success. I was up til midnight finishing it because he needs them today.

Yep. They're huge stones. He picked them up for $12 each. The one pictured can retail for $2K.


I have a bunch of stuff put together to start that drag queen line of pieces, Dime! Dichro glasses and found objects, etc. I even have a line on artist crafted glass eyeballs.

[dimejinky99]

Wowsers. Well the one in the above pic sure looks like it'd cost that much. Great job!!

[mookie]

The problem with posting photos, sometimes, is that the client stops by earlier than when you're ready for them. I have one such issue, on instagram. I won't mention names.

The guy these were set for is a local geologist. He picked up the stones for an amazing price in Arizona. The morganite is for his wife and the amethyst is for his daughter. Nice folks!

I have another turquoise ring to do like the ones above. These have all been going to a guy in Conifer, via a sales rep of sorts. Maybe I'll get around to that skull ring someday, but for now everyone seems to have plenty of work for me.

[dimejinky99]

so i finished this build at last...just gotta grout n seal the gaps, then paint the wave on, and seal it...

[dimejinky99]

Think i enjoy the special effects/finishing of pieces more than the building..this is a step by step pictoral













havent even started the finish proper yet, this is just the staining to add depth and texture..i'm such a nerd

[dimejinky99]

[malice]

hey dj, while i was staying with my one of my sisters, i noticed her husband had a large pile of skids outside, so i asked him if he used them for making 'stuff' - (he's a carpenter but doesn't do much with it this days) - he said yeah and showed me some of the stuff he was working on...
it was pretty simplistic and honestly I didn't like much of it. however, it reminded me of how great most of your work has turned out so thought i'd tell you - you do a very nice job with everything I've seen of yours.

*tl;dr version - nice table, friend

[dimejinky99]

Ah thanks!
my stuffs simplistic too, but if you finish them off with some stains n waxes, they have a lot more going for them i find.

i do this for fun, with a view to being professional. He's a carpenter by trade, last thing he wants is to get fiddly with finishing etc

[dimejinky99]

So I made a big bed with some huge old timbers removed from the old house next door. Woods about 300 years old. Got some big 6 inch coach boots and went at it.


Had t take the shelf in and raise it though. Gonna find some cool lights for underneath the shelf and some old lanterns or mine lamps for the sides.

[Rangi Guy]

Still a bit of work to be done, but been working on this the past couple of weekends. Mrs Rangi wanted something to store our DVDs and blu-rays that could be closed - so I figured I'd make something

[LetMeSleep]

Looks great, Rangi. Is this a new hobby or have you done much in the past?