June Theme Competition

[Tabby66]

That's lovely Wallace!!

[t1ggerk1ns]

That's wonderful. I love it.

[Wallace]

thanks everyone!! I had to decide how I was going to put each piece together. The bucket is linked to the handle with a soldered rivet. Well, wire that I soldered through a hole then riveted in place. The handle also has a handle cover if you look closely. Both the bucket handle and the windmill move. I like things that have movement either alluded or real.

I have learned so many things over the years in metal working and these three were in some ways a lot of the sawing, raising, shaping, drilling, hot and cold connections, blob making (erm, I mean melting),soldering, filing and finishing and have used quite a few here. The bucket's base is 12mm and I had to flare it out or cut it out with a sloping edge to give it a conical shape. I like bashing, so decided to hand flare it with my hammer and ring mandrel. I am still working out a better solution for the windmill though....... may change the way it is connected later. But, it turns when I blow on it so it is very chucklingly satisfying.

I didn't want a high sheen on these as I knew they were going in scratchy sand for their play time pictures. lol. I was going to paint a little dolphin on the bucket, but only have water paints which don't do much on silver.

Thanks again everyone, your kind feedback is welcomed - I loved the fun of making these and they did bring some periwinkle picking days out with my dad back into my memory too!

[Kimkie]

Wallace that is gorgeous!

[ShinyLauren]

That's gorgeous Wallace! It is my childhood, made from silver, as I grew up in Jersey and spent the majority of my time as a child with a bucket and spade!

[Kwant]

Love them all so far.

I want to enter and have all the prelim design stuff done, but still waiting on the kiln as I was hoping to do an enamel for this theme, and it would be my first enamel but hey I am a painter how hard can it be :P

[Wallace]

sorry for the delay, the posts disappear if not within the last couple of days. Thanks for the lovely comments again.

[Kimkie]

I have a feeling there are going to be a lot of rain clouds for the next month's competition, English Weather. It's rained here almost non-stop for weeks. Although I think further up country it's been fine, here the garden is a quagmire!

[LittleGem]

Ok, so I don't do Summer Holidays cos it always rains, so I think this says it quite well.
I know it's not as good as most of the stuff that gets shown, but it contains a fair few 'firsts' for me.



My photography isn't much good either!!!!!!
This is the best picture I could get.

JUNE'S WINNER!!

It is great to see you experimenting with new techniques and we hope you have learnt a lot in the process.

We loved the irony of the piece- tongue in cheek and all that!

Well Done! We hope you enjoy your workbench which will allow you to explore your new found techniques further.

Please e-mail our competition's co-ordinator at jessica.sweetingham@cooksongold.com with your account details in order for us to deliver your prize!

[Dennis]

Congratulations t1gger, hope that will be your lucky workbench, Dennis.