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It seems like there are a lot of people here who like working with their hands, so share a bit about what it is you do/make. 

I like working with various metals and have a soft spot for enameling and anything that involves me getting to pound some metal into something beautiful.  I haven't gotten around to taking pictures of any newer stuff, but here are some things from middle/high school.

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Let's see some of your work  :)

Wow , I love that bracelet, how did you make it, i can sort of figure it out, sort of ,  kinda,  tell Me pleeease .  Now I have to figure out how to put up pics, and take pictures , and stuff. That stuff is all cool, but the bracelet omg love It, That would make a great master for castings, i think.  What I want to do is make a wax copy, or plug,  then  plaster it into a mould, melt out the wax, in an oven, then make the, casting .  I had some silicone moulding stuff here, but it went bad,or somthing, and f`d up when i poured the wax , next try will be from a wax carving, so it should go better,  awesome stuff you made , cool

Whoa, beautiful!

Dude... That's some cool stuff... Would like to see more  :)

Your work is lovely Lee. Thank you for sharing.

Hugs.
Patty

Lee, that second one is beautiful! I've never tried working with metal, I'm surprisingly good at sewing though.

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First thing I started making was these messenger bags, totally out of necessity. I was dead broke and my only bag shredded, so I dug out my mom's sewing machine and some scrap fabric, whipped up an awesome plaid and jean bag. I've gotten a lot cleaner and better about it, here's one of my personal favorites I made for my cousin a few years ago on her birthday. I'm actually looking to sell 'em, if anyone's interested.

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This, albeit a ->-bleeped-<-ty picture, is one of the hats I make. I make them out of old sweaters mostly, my favorite-I don't have a picture of unfortunately- is from a green and black sweater I absolutely loved but couldn't wear anymore because it was...cleavage-y.

I make gloves, too. I make all sorts of crap, pretty much whatever I can mod and re-use (and hopefully eventually sell), but bags are my definite favorite.

You two are really talented.

Lee I love the necklace, don't give it to anyone but me. That way the other girls won't get jealous :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Cindy

My hobby is making handmade writing pens and casting resin for interesting and cool designs which is looking like a career which I love!

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Cast Resin pen
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jawbone from alligator
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Those are some really cool pens Stacy  :)

Stacy, those are really cool.  How do you make them?

I've just moved to Devon to get back properly into weaving, something I've done on and off for 25 years - this is the only decent photo I have so far of something I've made, a Shetland wool scarf in log cabin weave (one of my favourite simple optical illusions):

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The edges need work :(.

Holy crap Padma, that's awesome.
That must've taken forever!

Those are adorable. I always wanted to try those, I had a friend who owned the huge book on t-shirt deconstruction, but I knew I'd never wear it. Sucks that there's so little DIY out there for guys beyond stencils and the like.

Lee I love that necklace! I'm fond of working with metal as well. And Stacy those pens are really cool!

I like to do metalwork with welding as well as some jewelry. I've always wanted to be a blacksmith, I started building a forge and I have an anvil but I never got everything together to start doing it.

Anyway, here are some pics! (Sorry it is a bit pic heavy!)

In this pic I am wearing a silver transgender ring I made.
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Charlie the Paper clip soda can terrier!
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This is Seppi Master, probably my best work.
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A forged hook for a stand I made for one of my professors to hold up a glass shield his master made.
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I'm also a bit of an avid glassblower

The first octopus I made
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Lastly a dragon egg  :)
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Wow, all really good craft works.

I only cross-stitch, once I get a new camera and after taking pics of them, perhaps I'll post 'em.

Ginger, those are really cool!  I've always wanted to try glass blowing.

Also, I have to ask. 

Quote from: Gingertrap on May 22, 2011, 11:16:33 PM

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Butt plug? XD

Love the glass work! And I also have to ask... ;D

Awesome work from all of you.

Third person to ask ::)

Cindy

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This one gives me a warm glow too :).

Quote from: Gingertrap on May 22, 2011, 11:16:33 PM
This is Seppi Master, probably my best work.
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this is great one, I really like this kind of statues
I also like working with metal but I never finished anything I have everything in process and abandoned forever  :(

Quote from: Medusa on May 23, 2011, 06:09:41 AM
this is great one, I really like this kind of statues
I also like working with metal but I never finished anything I have everything in process and abandoned forever  :(

Aww, you just need to focus and really put your mind to it. I tend to do the same thing with big projects, I start to get distracted or discouraged and never complete an Idea. The main reason I got this one done was because it was for a school project.

Quote from: Lee on May 23, 2011, 02:45:10 AM
Ginger, those are really cool!  I've always wanted to try glass blowing.

Also, I have to ask.  Butt plug? XD

*blush*
I wasn't sure if I should post them or not...

A girls got to get her kicks somehow.

Dayum. Medusa, have you done more like that? That's amazing, I've got a lot of respect for anyone who can actually work with metal like that.

Ginger, all your stuff is incredible too, I love those little chain bracelets you made. Do you sell those by any chance? 'Cause I'd be all over that blue one if I could get the money.

Quote from: N.Chaos on May 23, 2011, 10:34:14 AM
Ginger, all your stuff is incredible too, I love those little chain bracelets you made. Do you sell those by any chance? 'Cause I'd be all over that blue one if I could get the money.

I've sold a few pieces, I don't regularly but if someone is interested I'm open to the idea!

I'm always looking for interesting stuff to cast in . THis is one of my favorite: Pine Cone cast in multi-colored resin.
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Wow Stacy, I like that one allot... Do you sell your pens?

Here are all of my recent cross-stitch projects for this year, so far (will be starting more soon, a lot more). All of these are NES game characters or scenes from NES games (except for two of them). All are done on 14-count aida with 2 strands of floss used for each X (except for the various characters in the frame). I'm rather proud of these works, especially the two really big ones. Each of the smaller ones took me between 6-10 hours to do, the larger one with the guy leaning against the car took me 13 days (about 30 hours), and the very big one with the giant rampaging rabbit took me 2 months off and on (between 60-70 hours approximately).

Thrilla (Thrilla's Surfari) 5¾" x 3¾" fits a 4"x6" frame

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Firebrand (Gargoyle's Quest 2) 5¾" x 3¾" fits a 4"x6" frame

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Joe (Joe & Mac) 5¾" x 3¾" fits a 4"x6" frame

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Gyruss ship (Gyruss) 5¾" x 3¾" fits a 4"x6" frame

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Lone Ranger & Silver (The Lone Ranger) fits a 5"x7" frame

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Sunset Scene (City Connection) currently at 6¼"x11", not sure what frame size to fit to

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Rabbit Rampage (Gun-Nac) currently 13¼"x11", probably will cut excess material to fit an 8"x10" frame

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Other projects:

Sunflowers for my mom (got this pattern from a cross-stitch book)

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My very own custom hermitcrab design (made a sprite of this back in 2009, figured it'd make a good cross-stitch)

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Older cross-stitches:

Various NES characters (28-count, I think)

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The Plutonium Boss (very first cross-stitch, don't remember when, early 2000's, from one of my favorite games, Blaster Master, also one of my absolutely favorite bosses of all time) 5¾" x 3¾" fits a 4"x6" frame

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I have a few other ones, but nothing worth showing off.

Megane it is great it look so cool
I really love this old pixel-art style

Wow!
You guys and gals are so talented.

Megan, I love the killer rabbit.