Work in Progress

My bench at work








My Jewellers Bench, Made By Frank Kirkman

Cheers Mate!






My Tools, a lot recently donated by Ann Chisholm, Thank you Ann.





Pliers!





Me, doing what I do, what I love.
Here I am knocking a ring up with a Triblet & a Mallet







Me working on a Tension Ring





Me using a Wedding Ring Sizer to harden the properties of a silver tension ring



Russell preparing to solder.



Russell soldering



Wire being twisted to make a bangle




Soldering with a Micro Torch & Solder Paste




Precision soldering, steady hand!




Val twisting some wire




Diane & I




Mimi & Barbara





Mimis Husband, Micheal made this,
Its stunning to look at!




Micheals Swirl Ring, Its Perfect.





I made this for myself about 4 years ago, its no longer with us as I smashed it closing a draw with force about two years ago.




Tonys Sun, Silver & Copper Broach.







Tony made these, by hand, every jump ring! Then constructed them, in meticulous fashion then "drew" them down through a draw plate. he blew me away! amazing fete Tony, well done!





Tonys Cornelian Ring, he wears it to this day.




Ande Made this about 5 years ago, the language is Chinese Manderin, it spells "I Love Rollercoaster"
Well done Ande.

Frank Kirkman, Thankyou.

Frank, I am indebted to you for all the hard work you do, it really is appreciated.You are there for me every night, to help and assist, kick my arse, do the things that I cant do, we have the use of your tools & knowledge.







The man himself, cracking smile my friend!






Franks Workshop, Organised Chaos.





Franks Windmill






Frank & I





Frank showing of his manufactured pieces.




Frank helping out students






Frank setting a stone












Frank made this for me, its a draw bench to draw down wire.

Cheers.






Just more Tiara's that
Frank has made, well done
mate.

All of my (Including My Students) Tension Rings

Tension Rings, they are an absolute joy to look at, relatively easy to make, the awkward part is "hardening the metal". Depending on what stone you use, deciphers how you are going to "set the stone".




This was the first Tension Ring I made about ten years ago now, notice the stone is slightly askew. Made it for my sister, Rachel Bowden




This is one of my students (Barbara Gaskill) tension rings











Debbies Tension Ring




Sam's Tension Ring




Jo's Glass Ring