News and information regarding Hammer & Hand Byron Bay.

At last I have got around to putting my rectangles and squares on the Hammer website. Thoroughly enjoy working with ‘sort of’ straight sides and want to explore this shape a bit more. Still haven’t got on top of the wordpress editing though! Can’t seem to get my images to go where I want them to be. But looks a bit like a jumble of rectangles.

Hand cut Kai and Paua shells, sterling silver links and hooks. 2013
All have sterling silver disc on back with Wi Hihanni mark.
Comes in 4 sizes: small, medium, tall and fan.

Kai shell as a whole from the back, cut into to make earrings and a pendant.
Like my Oto’san (Father) used to say “If your going to use it, use it all- not small parts of it…”

Hello everybody,
Working hard to make double ended big and small spoon with stand that the spoon balances on.
The spoons and stand will be slightly different shapes and has a flow to it, very lovingly.
These pieces are still in progress and are not the finish product.

I think I have found a new love for forging!
With every hammer pound, the metal being shaped and seeing the metal colour changes, almost like landscaping.

Spoonful regards
Wi Hihanni

What a fun night opening night was – and such a buzz for the four of us  from Hammer and Hand chosen to showcase the talent of jewellers in the Northern Rivers area.  The gallery will run for 5 weeks and is open Wednesday – Sunday 9am-6pm.  All four of us (Helen, Lucille, Laura and Jen) will work at the gallery for a week each – so we hope to see you there!

I can hardly look around and not see something – a window, an insect, the curling pages of a book – without thinking….’how fabulous, how could I incorporate that into a piece of jewellery?…’  As you can see by the pieces below, sometimes I just pick that thing up and turn it straight into something to wear, other times it’s more the feeling of it that comes through in the design.

Hope to see you at the pop up shop in Byron c/o Arts Northern Rivers (in the old library building – looking schmick with a new coat of paint and many, many hours of scraping the old one-way film off the windows).

If you are around Byron at Easter, drop in to see work from Jen, Lucille, Helen and Laura:  Byron Bay Hammer and Hand members.

Hammer and Hand members to showcase Arts Northern Rivers Creatives at popUp shop in Byron and Sydney      Pop up invite participants dates[1]

Very exciting – first photoshoot! On the 24th February Wi Hihanni and I had fun creating a photoshoot, at Whian Whian Falls, with a few pieces of our work. All part of a wonderful course run by Caroline Fisher “Love Your Camera” through Byron Community College.

Below are some of my shots taken in the middle of a flowing stream (complete with wet boots), on moss and on a leaf (still working on the camera skills, but was heaps of fun).

I have just re-stocked the Byron Shop with Stainless steel Salad Servers and Cake Slice or Servers..

These make an ideal Wedding Gift so next time there is a wedding near you ….