Bangalow
News and information regarding Hammer & Hand Bangalow.
August 15, 2014
Posted by Julian
New stuff in my workshop
I have a few new tools in my workshop to enable me to do some blacksmithing. My buddy Clay kindly cut a stump for me to mount the anvil on. He even cut 3 feet into the base so that it won’t wobble around on the uneven floor.
My Anvil on it’s new log stand
I made a Welding Bench for my workshop with the MIG welder that my Father gave me.
The Gas Forge that Bruce helped me put together.
I made the this Cant Hook for Clay using the forge, anvil & workbench.
Posted by Julian
A few recent pieces
Here are some pics of some commissions I have completed recently and a cocktail ring I finished yesterday.
A Smokey Quartz pendant commissioned for a wedding gift.
A hand forged silver cuff with stars & moons engraved around it commissioned for a gift.
An Opal dress ring commissioned for the Opal’s owner.
An Orange & Lemon Sapphire cocktail ring.
July 29, 2014
Posted by Bruce Pringle
Kinetic Sculpture “Taken For A Ride (All that glitters is not gold)
I Have been working on this one for awhile .. The little guy on the Unicycle is chasing the ‘Dream’, only to find himself on a treadmill while the food-chain repeats its endless cycle.
Watch it on Full screen and turn up the volume .. Tom Waits “Dave the butcher”
July 25, 2014
Posted by Bruce Pringle
“Tumbling Heart” a new Kinetic sculpture
Kinetic sculpture, The Little guy finds himself having his hat blown off and heart tumbled by love. welded steel with stainless steel and some copper and anodised aluminium elements, Background music from ‘Buckwheat Zydeco’, “Ma Tit Fille”
Remember Ginger Mick ? “The sentimental Bloke”? … I quote… “I dips me lid, I sez, ‘Good Day.’ An’ bli-me, I ‘ad nothin’ more ter say!”
July 21, 2014
Posted by Bruce Pringle
Safety-pin Kilt-pin Scarf-pin Brooch-pin
Stainless Steel Pins
Safety-Pin, Kilt-Pin, Scarf-pin, Brooch-Pin
Safety-Pin, Kilt-Pin, Scarf-pin, Brooch-Pin
Posted by Jen Banks
Where does the time go?
It flies, it’s wasted, cherished and stolen – hopefully these pendants only get treated to one of those options!
Sweet little birds to sing you through your day
One of a collection of five pendants – each containing a photo I took on the Northern NSW coast
Deep in the forest are many fascinating and unusual plants
Etched copper necklace – it tinkles gently with every movement
Leaf pendant with gorgeous green dew drop. SOLD
One of a collection of five pendants – each containing a photo I took on the Northern NSW coast
Orb branch pendant
Steel, peridot and gold leaf (planet?) pendant
One of a collection of five pendants – each containing a photo I took on the Northern NSW coast
One of a collection of five pendants – each containing a photo I took on the Northern NSW coast
One of a collection of five pendants – each containing a photo I took on the Northern NSW coast
Moonstone and gravillia seedpod necklace
Purple goldstone and bottlebrush necklace
BIG statement necklace! Cast sea urchin and amethyst pendant. This one will get you noticed!
Leaf and blue topaz dew drop pendant. SOLD
Leaf and opal dew drop pendant
Three little birdies ready to grace the necks of three little girls at a wedding in France
New design in my landscape pendant collection. Sterling and etched copper.
July 3, 2014
Posted by Bruce Pringle
Kinetic Action ! Cog on and Gear Up !
Mo for a COGnicenti
“Bee here now” Kinetic sculpture.. A statement on interdependence and the crucial and threatened roll of the Bee and ourselves
‘bee here now’ Kinetic sculpture detail
‘bee here now’ Kinetic sculpture detail
‘bee here now’ Kinetic sculpture detail
“Wind up toy”
“I am my son, my mother, my father,I am born of myself
my own flesh sucked..And someone squeezed my heart
to make me go through my number. I was a wind-up toy
someone had dropped wound up into a world already
running down The world had been going on a long time already but it made no difference It was new it was like new I saw it shining and it shone in the sun and it spun in the sun and the skein it spun was pure light . My life was made of it , made of the skeins of light…”
From Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s poem ‘True Confessional’
Kinetic thing.. Work in progress
Some mechanism with the wire ‘worm-gear’ on the right
‘Kinetic thing’ frame templates and inner workings
Cogs !
‘Arthur Ganson’ type gear axel alignment jig
Jig for bending 1.6mm ribbon steel for gear cogs
May 18, 2014
Posted by Bruce Pringle
Ummmmm….?
Ummm … what to do today…?
March 31, 2014
Posted by Jen Banks
Rings of Silver, Steel and Gold
A range of styles and collections here – different styles, metals, stones, sizes, colours and collections 🙂
Textured wide, and polished narrow bands
Steel and sterling ring. From our 13 Boxes Exhibition
Star Nebula Ring – sterling and deep blue stones
Star Nebula Ring. Sterling, amethyst, citrine, peridot
Steel and amber ring. For an upcoming exhibition
Steel and 9ct gold ring. From our 13 Boxes exhibition
The evolution – from coral to star nebula rings
Follow the yellow brick road. Sterling and 9ct gold.
Wheat ring.
Textured stackers
Stackers, stackers, and more stackers!
Steel and 9ct gold ring. From our 13 Boxes exhibition
Sea bubbles ring in sterling.
March 28, 2014
Posted by Bruce Pringle
“By all and any means”
This is how we get there.. by all and any means !
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Welded, forged and fabricated steel
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- Welded, forged and fabricated steel