Crystalised

I've been helping my Dad with some carpentry/framing work for the last week , so its relaxing to be back at the bench this week...

Big Images! ( hum 'Thus Spake Zarathustra' to yourself as you look at them)

1.When I looked in the 'pickle' (that's an acid cleaning-bath, for all you non-smiths) after my long absence, I found this extraordinary 'jewell'; the sulfamic acid had crystalised around the gold pieces- some sort of reverse stone-setting gemology!

2.new and very graphic stuff ( and experimenting with big photos -but its cropping them?!)

3.The Hermit of Misty Mountain

4.For the rainy spring weather

5.Wax Jug- a model for bronze casting? maybe...