Bracelets suite.

        The collection is increasing. This 11 new pieces are all forged out of steel 

      all fitted with a screw coming from a sewing machine . About the screws, I want to say a special     

     thank to  Georges form Bernina in Brussels which kindly provide me with those screw whitch are  

     not made any more. So once more there is recycling and upcycling in the process . 

Stand for bracelets.

Forged stands for bracelets . 

Forge & Silver Smithing

 The silver smithing 

workshop.

 It is now more than 6 month that we are sharing the space of the forge with " Steph. ".    
  He need a space to put his jewelry workshop and we wanted to start soldering again . . . So we are sharing space and tools . this gave birth to a jewelry work shop next to the forge. It was fun to solder silver again, use all those small specific tools to jewelry . After all those years I did not forget what I was taught in Camberwel and come up with different pieces, mainly rings and pendants.
  Here on the right is a silver frame made for a antic pure silver coin from Japan. It took me some time but I did not want to damage the old coin and made this 925 silver frame for it .
 many other pieces have been made but I do not always take a picture . . .

           Under is a ring made from the tooth of a fork with a gearing from and old petrol lamp.

silver plated brass & brass  

Bracelets Suite.

  After a long and hot summer, finally the first pieces took shape. More to come in the following week.
for the moment here are a few bracelets that came out of the forge last week . Forged out of sewing machines & typing machines .

Work in progress

  

  It would have been hell to forge in July with the heat and sun we had, but now temperatures are ok so I started to forge again . This time I took my camera to the atelier and here are some pictures of the work in progress on different bracelets. 

Forged bracelets

For this last bracelet I used a brass screw from a electric socket .  

Forged bracelets

" Présentoir " for rings .

  

  This is from a set of 4 " présentoirs " for rings . Made from a steel plate welded on a square tube on which I come to screw a forged shape on which the ring is placed . Then patinated black . 

" Présentoir " with a silver ring made out of a tea spoon . 

forged steel bracelets

  The forging of bracelets is continuing. I did not keep track of each bracelet I forged but only took pictures of some, juste the count of the pictures is above 100... From now on I decided to only make bracelets to which the screw is attached so you do not loose that tiny and precious screw.

This bracelet is forged out of a steel rod which you can find on any work site. This bracelets closes with a screw coming from a sewing machine . The hinge is made from a nail that I turned into a rivet using the head of the nail .

Support forger pour touries .

 
Commande de John Velázquez de 4 supports forgeait pour des touries qui contiendront du shampoing . Elles seront chez Marianne Gray cette semaine . 

 Cercle de fer sur lequel je suis venu viser 3 pieds forger à partir de fer à béton . Le cerclage n'est pas fermé ( pas de soudure) pour permettre au support de s'adapter à la tourie selon le poids qu'elle contiendra. Il y a un join en caoutchouc sur le support pour recevoir la tourie afin qu'elle ne soit pas en contact direct avec le métal, car cela pourrait la feller avec le poid . 

Presentation stand for jewelry #3

Machine à coudre, machine à écrire, fer à béton .

   Un assemblage pour un présentoir pour les bijoux de Tabito jewelry qui seront bientôt exposés à Shape http:/www.iloveshapescom/pop-up . Du bas vers le haut. La basse vient d'une machine coudre sur laquelle j'ai vissé une pice de machine à écrire. De cette pièce en font partent deux tiges de fer àbéton forger pour venir se fixer en haut sur une autre pice de machine à écrire . les deux extensions sur les côtés viennentégalement de la machine à écrire mais la plus petite est adaptée sur le stand avec des pièces de machine à coudre ...

Invitation opening & work shop .

INVITATION

We will be showing our jewelry &  lights at Orybany Form the  4th of March until the 29 of March . 

 We would like to invite you for the opening and a drink on the 4th. of March from 16 pm  at the shop : 50 rue des Tanneurs 1000 Brussels .  

We propose two work shop on the 8 & 11 of March . We will show you how to make some of our kimono jewelry & how to make a ring out of a fork . 

" Chandelier "

 
  Only a little forging on this single candle " Chandelier " . The idea poped in my head at the end of a day work when I was cleaning all the bits and parts which were scattered on the ground. I saw that metal spiral and the lifting weight and they just seamed to fit perfectly together. They did almost and had just to fill it a little, heat them up in the forge , force them in each other, forge the point for the candle & do the patination. Et voila !

forged presentation stand

 
 
I was ask to make a presentation stand for very delicate decoration made from silk for the bride hairstyle. Here is what came out of the fire . Forged out two bares of steel, 3 screws, one bolt & a casted iron base coming from the foot of a lamps, plus a little of charcoal and tea . . .

Forged necklaces, new shapes.

       
        It has been some time that nothing new came on the blogs . . . Well I was in the forge
      forging. Many objects came out of the forge this month, presentation stands and new collections.
      I show you here a couple of necklaces part of a bigger collection .    

Presentation stand for jewelry #2

 This one will be used in Antwerpen for our recycled "colabo" jewelry in a place we will inform soon on Tabito Jewelry face book page . 

  Made out of different parts of a Singer sawing machine & forged steel . This " présentoir " can move 360 ° , can be unbuild in two easily , has a hook that can move along a bare, a double hook on top that can as well move in 360° & can hold 6 necklaces at different heights.

The base is welded to the steel rode, the rest of the object is just fitted or screwed.  

Presentation stand for jewelry

Forged necklace.

No comment, I let the beauty of the object & the model talk for them self . 

forged steel necklace , locked with a steel screw .

forged bracelets suite . . .

  It is never ending, now almost three years I am forging the steel bracelets . Technic is improving, it is getting easier and faster to get to the result I am seeking. And by improving more possibilities are showing them self to me, it was a pleasure making the bracelets but now it is getting to great pleasure.
  This time I forged 6 Pcs. to the image of the very first one I forged for Miho three years ago.

forged steel & stainless steel / steel screws 

 

" Colabo recycled jewelrey "

  Recently Miho & I have been working on jewelry. A collaboration were fine jewelry hand work get together with the forge & heavier metal work. After treasure hunting on different " brocante", getting exalted from all those little inspiring bits and parts were patination of time has left it marks, 

we came up with a few series of recycled necklaces and earrings. Here are a couple of pictures .  

Quarts / steel / brass 

      The steel chain comes from an belgium army name plate dating back to the 50's. The pendant which is at the same time the closing for the necklaces is made from a part of an old sewing machine ( the one's that were working with out electricity and you hand to pedal with your feet ), a part of and axel of a photocopy machine & a brass washer. 

Steel & silver

  Those earring are made from old sewing machine needles as you can see from the advertising paper we found in the needle packing. Those needle are made from quenched steel and are very tine! It is an art to bend them the way you want with out braking them.