lazer cutting

[caroleallen]

Oh, that's interesting Di. I was thinking her stuff was brilliant and people might be disappointed if they compared me to her.

[Di Sandland]

I think those pieces I'm talking about aren't hers, they're bought in from small designer/makers. The stuff I have seen of hers is lovely.

[geti-titanium]

Not quite laser cutting, more laser marking, but I thought you peeps might be interested in seeing some decorative skulls we marked on a customers paintball gun today.

The gun is anodised aluminium and the idea is to burn the anodising off leaving the aluminium colour underneath to give a contrast

[Di Sandland]

Alan, that really is rather beautiful...

[MuranoSilver]

That IS beautiful.....hmmm wonders if Carole will have some appearing in her shed soon
Nic x

[caroleallen]

Mmm, I'm wondering that too!

[orestruck]

Well you can stop by and say hi next time Di!

Al, those stairs bite me in the ass every so often. I've fallen up them many times only narrowly escaping serious injury! Mind you, where there's blame there's a claim :P

Carole, believe me, you'd like their turnover

Oh and there is no "Carole Anne"........everything sold comes from designer makers, big and small. The stuff thats not so good gets weeded out pretty quickly. The girls in the shop let the buyers know when something is crap quality. I am quite vocal in this regard! Especially as I work really hard on my stuff and it's often in the window next to the stuff that I don't respect. I've got some stuff in the window currently by a reasonably local designer that would be more at home in accessorize - but we have to give it a go and some suppliers are desperate enough to do a sale or return that we just run with it. But often they "don't get invited back"!
The right hand end of the right window is currently my "bit". I get to display it, decide on the look etc. It's the best part of the job.

Sarah

[caroleallen]

Well you've shattered all my illusions now! What do you mean "there is no Carole Anne"?

[orestruck]

The shop is named after the wife of it's first owner - about 30 years ago! The current owner is Fran Gubb. She bought the shop about 20 something years ago with her brother (Kit Heath).
She bought Kit out about 7 years ago. She now runs the business with her husband Andy.

[caroleallen]

Aha! The famous Kit Heath.