Betty's toddler spoon

This is a copy of a spoon one of my students designed for her grandson. Hers is sterling silver, as it should be; utensils made from copper are a bad idea.

The blank was cut out of 20 gage sheet.

To raise the bowl I used a spoon mandrel that I made out of a railroad spike that she had. Then I plannished it smooth.

I used a doming punch to do the synclastic raising on the handle.

Clean bench :)

I made myself this bench-top organizer today...took the time to clean my bench while I was at it.

Celebration

Here is my latest. I came up with the concept a few weeks ago and made the prototype yesterday. I am calling it celebration. I really like the simplicity of it and the balloons can be done in a variety of gemstones making it adaptable to any celebration...birthdays, anniversaries, Forth of July, etc. This one is done in garnets and sterling silver. The stones are flush set and the strings are pierced.