Carved ring

Yesterday I had a visit of a ring I carved years ago. I adjusted the size for a friend. It's a quite heavy, robust piece with writing all the way around it. The nice handmade feel inspires me to rekindle the design.

Neck piece

At the last flea market in my hometown Bad Säckingen in June I found these lovely wooden dear. They originate in the Erzgebirge, former GDR. A lady at the stall who almost bought them before me told me that these carvings were almost the only thing they used to have back then that allowed a bit of creativity. I worked on the neck piece at my cousin's holiday house in Ticino. The most beautiful landscape in southern Switzerland! Unfortunately the micro torch I had bought previously wasn't getting hot enough to solder - so I had to improvise. It worked out fine. The piece was meant to go into an Adelaide exhibition, made it there in time - but didn't survive the long flight undamaged! One of the dear wasn't attached to the silver anymore. Easy fixed when I get back to Adelaide later this year.

Edelweiss

Yesterday's flea market finds! On three different stalls I found these wonderfully carved 'Edelweiss': a pendant, a set of clips and some stringed beads. The ear clips were from a 91 year old, the pendant a 86 year old's heritage and the strand came without background info. They are all carved bone.