Hand cut brass keys dangle earrings.
Brass Key Earrings
Tag: brass
Infinite Love Head Badge
For those that love your bike. One copper one brass, both hand cut and bent.
Right Whale Earrings
Highly endangered, and highly awesome. Right whales are so named because they used to be the “right” whale for getting oil for lamps. Lucky for us they are now protected and are struggling back from the brink of extinction.
Having these little guys swimming along next to you all day is sure to make you happy.
Copper whales, with a gorgeous speckled patina. Silver chain, and jump rings, and stainless surgical steel ear wires.
Tape Measure Earrings
Bright, yellow, and you can use them to see how long things are. What more do you want! Tape measure, with brass jump rings, and stainless steel ear wires.
Crazy Crow Shield Head Badge
If I had a coat of arms it would probably have a crow on it, and look something like this. Copper and brass. This thing is solid, and will make any bike look regal.
Bike Cog Flask, High Shine
Who knew these steel flasks could take such a phenomenal shine! I love the way the high shine on the steel offsets the high shine on the brass.
Custom Crow Feather Bell
Brass bell, with hand made feather. Feather is copper, with brass wire, textured with a cold chisel.
Danno Razor Blade Headbadge
Made this for a customer, brass letters, over copper. I like the oldy timey razor blade design, and I am getting much better at soldering little letters onto things.
Custom Geekhouse Bell
Made this little gem for Geekhouse Bikes.
Ladies Army Polo Skull Head Badges
I am making these to donate them to an all ladies bike polo tournament, and I have to admit I am really loving the way they are coming out. Its the first time I have made three “identical” head badges, so I thought I would take some process photos to show you how these are made.
My process is usually one of designing the badge on the computer and then printing it out and rubber cementing it onto the metal for the cutting.
After that you have to clean up all the pieces, to make sure they are nice and smooth for soldering.
Then you have to sweat solder all the pieces together, this involves a two step process of putting solder on the backs of the top pieces (the copper cog and skull), lots of flux and torching later you have two pieces with a nice layer of solder on the back, then you clean them up, flux em again, flip em over, onto the brass back piece, and heat the brass piece until the soldier runs out to the edges of the copper pieces.
Then its into the pickle Once out of the pickle you clean it up again with ever finer grain sand paper, until its shiny and good, then into the tumbler for a couple hours to get that super high shine, a quick bend over a pipe, and a quick dip in protective coating, and tada head badge!
