Pretty awesome! Got one of my head badges into Ready Made magazine for the June/July issue.
I Am In Ready Made Magazine
Tag: copper
Whale Smoking A Pipe Head Badge
Copper whale with etching, smoking a pipe. Designed by a customer, I sorta like the way this came out.
Lady Gaga Poker Face Race Head Badge
Copper and brass, bike cog, with “gaga” face lightning bold over it. 2011 stamped into the side (bit of a misstep with the number punch which was a bummer)
Bike Heart Pendant
Copper, with a silver jump ring, with patina and burnished edges. A request from a customer.
Wind Turbine-Tree Pendant
This was a birthday present for a friend. Silver and copper.
Heart Cog Headbadge
Another custom design for a customer. Copper with patina, not bent yet.
New Bike Heart U-Lock Badge
A customer wanted me to incorporate two or three of my designs into a u-lock badge. I think it came out pretty nice. Copper, hand cut, hand stamped, with patina.
Copper Get Well Present
Long story short, a woman I work with is sick, and this is a long elaborate inside joke, I hope it cheers her up.
In case you can’t tell its a person on a bike hitting a cow.
Copper And Silver Bike Heart Earrings
I fell in love with cycling a long long time ago, and it has been a life long partner ever since. To commemorate this love of cycling I created these bike heart earrings.
The heart itself is copper, the rest is silver. They are very light and airy and hardly weigh anything at all. The heart was hand cut using a jewelers saw and the ear wires made by myself.
Copper Boll Weevil Head Badge
The boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis) is a beetle measuring an average length of six millimeters, which feeds on cotton buds and flowers. Thought to be native to Central America, it migrated into the United States from Mexico in the late 19th century and had infested all U.S. cotton-growing areas by the 1920s, devastating the industry and the people working in the American south. During the late 20th century it became a serious pest in South America as well. Since 1978, the Boll Weevil Eradication Program in the U.S. has allowed full-scale cultivation to resume in many regions. It is also a bad ass looking bug, that even has its own monument.
This little guy had a profound effect on the economy and social status of the southern part of this country.
This idea came to me when it was suggested I try make one by a customer of mine. I think it came out rather nicely.
Copper, etched, and patina.
