In the Studio - Making of a Lullaby

I thought you might like to see some studio action so 

I forced myself to remember to take photos of my process. 

 I recently had an order for 'Lullaby' (x2), so here are some pics. 

They were going to the same address so I wanted them to look as 

similar as humanly possibly to avoid 

'yours looks better than mine'...lol (crazy I know). 

In the end I was thrilled with the outcome...

1»  my carefully hand drawn moon with 3 stars sawed out of a piece of brass.

(note: even though my item descriptions say 'handcut' all my work is hand sawed. 

I learned very early on that using french shears curves the metal + it's impossible to hammer it out.)

2» both moons carefully sawed out.

3» holes punched out for star sawing.

4» one star down 5 more to go.

5» small hand drawn circles for earrings.

6» circles pasted on brass metal.

7» earrings cut out.

8» moons hammered for texture (craters).

9» moons + sterling silver oxidized for shading/tone.

10» oxidizing complete// metal drying out.

11» my handmade sterling silver clasp.

12» completed sets.

It's sharing time...this is something I can't explain; it just is. 

I'm a southpaw + not for the life of me can I saw with my left-hand. 

The blade just seems more natural in my right-hand + I suspect

this is the reason why I can't saw a straight line if my life depended on it.

I also took some behind the scene pics for our personalized brass arrow bracelet.

Will share when I find them.

Have an awesome day!!!