Ben Allen

No I'm not sure I remember it. It was Toasters saber.

That looks great amazing. I just wanted to say I did a patch job on a sword you made 20 years ago still looks good and doing it's parlor larp job

I managed a workshopday yesterday first in a while and this finally got finished. It's a glass bottle so the leaf is curved and stamped silver for the detail. #Jewellery #glasscraft #handmade

Oh she was fabulous last year in hackney.

a month off and I have had time to make things again. New stuff has shown up at work and we move in to spring.

This was a commission wrap a marble that has been sea glassed. It still moves but will not come out without cutting the wire at the top.

#seaglass #silversmithing #handmade #commission

And we are back .no this month is still super busy and I have only just managed to finish something but I feel accomplished having finished it. It's very much a prototype and very much made with the last of things. But I like how it came out. Other colours to follow.

Well this was my weekend we ran a good game and would do it again but Steph once more I lose a NPC I played at this rate I will have to be like a kid at a nativity and play a tree

We ran Darkages on Sunday and it was good.
I was reminded of all the reasons I started hosting a larp. We told a story, took our players on a journey and made something that will be remembered in a good way. Not just by these two scamps in the final encounter. The Tremere Regent and his Gargoyle.

I do love that guard so much

Ok this is very exciting. I have my own hallmark ok very geeky but very exciting

So no new art or glass this week. I spent a wonderful weekend away from work or crafts before it's 6 day weeks and I'm on my own. Photos taken at the stow Saxon village the home of born of hope lord of the rings movie. With knowledgeable reenactors.

Something completely different. I split my nesting partners chain shirt so it can be opened and put on rather than going on like a jumper. I made this shirt 4 or 5 years ago but it was time leather craft kit and some off cut leather.

#larp #armour

This really resonates with me. I studied engineering at collage my school decided that I didn't need drama so I could get help with dyslexia. But in my working life I make things. I use the tool handling from engineering every day but for art and projects.

I'm glad art finds and nourishes you.

So this is what I made with the long bars off glass from the first tumble. It's not what I was planning to do but I really like the simple natural of the glass as the focal features rather than being distracted by silver work. It also proves concept and I can make with other colours and shapes.

That looks so good. I love that glowing green

I mean good things take time. Also have you seen high pressure water used to cut stone it's wild

Ok so I have learned some things. Carving is very easy just use lots of water keeping it round is header but not the worst. And you probably need to tumble carve and then tumble again which is an excellent thing to know when things went in to the tumbler today. Also my free model needs a shave.

Practice carving went really well. will do round two tomorrow but this one is exactly what I want it to look like. And we shall see how the resin combines

Thank you so much

What do you put in the barrel of your tumbler to polish your silver

Ok so not a finished product but an experiment.

These fill half a tumbler so I should be able to hopefully if I get an evening or two clear this week we will know more about tumbling ceramics.

Yes they are just simple pendents I have other things to use with silver but that can wait I just want to have something out and ready for sale before valentines

Next batch sorted. The rest of the evening probably spent sorting the random glass box into something that resembles an order

This is the latest batch of my tumbled glass. I'm really pleased with how they have come out and I'm shocked at how easy it is to carve the glass with a diamond drill. I will do some experiments to see if I can make simple shapes in the glass.

I saw it. If you listened for the last years of the campaign then you missed nothing.

Just a quick update on project. It's going well I have more ideas. And silver has been ordered next step is drilling and soldering

So I'm doing a project. Over Christmas I sold some recycled glass jewellery I made now I have a glass grinder and I have cut this glass to shape it's getting tumbled now. I'm looking forward to seeing how they come out and starting a new vector of my crafts.

I wish to express my deepest sympathy for luigi mangione. as a cancer survivor from the UK left with a long term condition. I can't imagine what it is like to deal with health problems and try to work out how I'm going to pay for it.

Your pain was real your anger justified

At collage it was encouraged for us to swear in the workshop space as both a way of making other aware of possible accidents and a way of letting off steam when frustrated. G

Minnesota Waltz Al Olender · Easy Crier · Song · 2022

Spotify wrapped

I hadn't really considered how bad this year had been. after a cancer surgery and recovery I was able to go see @nightvaleradio.bsky.social and it was the highlight of that early year. Spotify wants me to share this track to remind me open.spotify.com/track/4io8Xl...