I cannot believe it has been so long since I updated the blog! I swear that I write it all the time in my head. Yes, I am aware that’s also known as talking to yourself …
So, what have I been up to? I made some more little boxes, but really must stop now. I need people to actually buy some before I make more. It is fun coming up with things to put on the lids, though.
It’s a pomegranate!
This is my younger daughter, who is 10. She loves the workshop and is quite desperate to learn how to pewter as well. Much of it is beyond her right now, but she loves to help as much as she can, so she worked with me on the little boxes.
Preparing lids for painting
She also likes to poke around. There is a lot to explore – drawers filled with stuff that my father has cast, or even that Doug cast, are a favorite. Half the time my father doesn’t even know what is in them.
She found dolphins that were originally Doug’s and loved them. She wanted to make something out of them as a birthday gift for a friend, so this is what we came up with. I buffed them and soldered them on to the piece of pewter for her. She planished the pewter first for ‘waves’, then painted it. She loved it so much that she then didn’t want to give it away. But she did. She will make herself one at some point.
Becoming a Pewtersmith 