General news and information regarding Hammer & Hand in Hobart or Bangalow.

Join the Byron Hammer and Hand members at 4 Ti-Tree place on Friday 20th June from 5.30pm till 8pm

for the much anticipated winter exhibition night.  This winters theme is “Exhibit A”

– each of the 12 members of our collective will be showcasing something from their new collections.

Come and enjoy mulled wine, hot soup and live music with Moondogs Gypsy Blues Band !

This is how we get there.. by all and any means !

Welded, forged and fabricated steel

more on the Navigator theme..

Here are a couple of rings I made last year …

Sterling silver engagement ring featuring Australian parti-coloured sapphire by Julian de Saxe

Gentleman’s wedding band in white gold with patina

Three of the Carbon steel knives.. Forged, hardened and tempered, ground and polished with brass riveted hardwood (Brushbox) handles

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little bronze man

little bronze man just cast

Bronze in the furnace

little bronze man as incense holder

Electro etch setup

Cuttlefish-cast just poured

Forged mild steel poker with riveted Brushbox handle and one of the kitchen knives.

Sandcast silver critter

So a few more “works in progress” pieces from Josh and myself …

‘A guiding Hand’  (Bruce)

‘Jacks hands…’    (Bruce)

‘Jack’

‘Jack’ again.. “Here is the man all tattered and torn who kissed the girl all forlorn, who milked the cow with the crumpled horn,

who chased the dog that worried the cat that ate the rat that ate the malt that lay in the house that Jack built”… ie: the full catastrophe .. or just runaway house prices.. ?

A little silver ‘critter’ , sand-cast by Josh.

Some clay ‘masters’ of Josh’s to be cast in Bronze.

Josh forging a blade

Said blade of Josh’s

Josh at the little gas forge making a poker  (Happy?)

Some of my new range of steel and gold-leaf jewellery

The two of us…

Joshes forged , hardened and tempered kitchen knife  ( a good-un !!!)

and a page from the journal he is keeping of this time in the Workshop..

Check out his Blog here  www.joshpringle.comThis has been a great time … We’ve had a ball!… A few more days to go for him to finish up a few things then he’s headed back to Tasmania to continue his degree in Print-making, drawing, furniture design and Sculpture..

….of lace….and necks 😉

How ’bout these pretties?

eye catching sterling and lithograph pendant – going to do a series of scene pendants for an exhibition later this year

sterling silver and green beryl leaf pendant. extra pretty

‘moon over the water’. ebony, bone, sterling and 24ct gold leaf. changing the findings and chain to 9ct gold and will then be SOLD 🙂

so pleased with this one! pre-purposed printers copper plate necklace

cast sterling silver elder seed cone pendant

re-purposed printers copper plate keepsake

american white oak and sterling silver SOLD

washi paper and acrylic necklace

My younger son Josh Pringle is is up here in Byron Bay for a few weeks to pick up some skills and to inspire me with his Art.

This little Silverhorse and ring are his first sand-cast pieces and the steel choker is mine.. a little gold leaf will adorn it soon.