Hammer & Hand is a metal & jewellery collective based in Hobart, Tasmania and Bangalow, New South Wales.

how pretty some tins are?  And how not so many things come in tins now?  Or how fabulously ornate some of the old tins were?  How some of them are almost too pretty to sit in the back of a cupboard?

Well I have….and I also love rummaging through ‘stuff’ at garage sales and in op shops, and you’d be amazed at the things some people just don’t really look at – because if they did, they surely wouldn’t part with it!

I always have a list a mile long of things I want to try, explore, experiment with; and using the lovely mini-master pieces that are on old tins and turning them into wearable, mobile  mini-master pieces has been on that list for ages – I have finally made a start on them, and as my bench starts to become covered with glorious, rusty, colourful tins of all shapes, ages and sizes, here is an example of a few of the pieces I have up-cycled:  (all have been sprayed with a clear, matt varnish to prevent further rusting)

(If you click on the image, and then click it again, it opens in as a good size for viewing)