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

Three of the Carbon steel knives.. Forged, hardened and tempered, ground and polished with brass riveted hardwood (Brushbox) handles

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little bronze man

little bronze man just cast

Bronze in the furnace

little bronze man as incense holder

Electro etch setup

Cuttlefish-cast just poured

Forged mild steel poker with riveted Brushbox handle and one of the kitchen knives.

Sandcast silver critter

So a few more “works in progress” pieces from Josh and myself …

‘A guiding Hand’  (Bruce)

‘Jacks hands…’    (Bruce)

‘Jack’

‘Jack’ again.. “Here is the man all tattered and torn who kissed the girl all forlorn, who milked the cow with the crumpled horn,

who chased the dog that worried the cat that ate the rat that ate the malt that lay in the house that Jack built”… ie: the full catastrophe .. or just runaway house prices.. ?

A little silver ‘critter’ , sand-cast by Josh.

Some clay ‘masters’ of Josh’s to be cast in Bronze.

Josh forging a blade

Said blade of Josh’s

Josh at the little gas forge making a poker  (Happy?)

Some of my new range of steel and gold-leaf jewellery

The two of us…

Joshes forged , hardened and tempered kitchen knife  ( a good-un !!!)

and a page from the journal he is keeping of this time in the Workshop..

Check out his Blog here  www.joshpringle.comThis has been a great time … We’ve had a ball!… A few more days to go for him to finish up a few things then he’s headed back to Tasmania to continue his degree in Print-making, drawing, furniture design and Sculpture..

….of lace….and necks 😉

How ’bout these pretties?

eye catching sterling and lithograph pendant – going to do a series of scene pendants for an exhibition later this year

sterling silver and green beryl leaf pendant. extra pretty

‘moon over the water’. ebony, bone, sterling and 24ct gold leaf. changing the findings and chain to 9ct gold and will then be SOLD 🙂

so pleased with this one! pre-purposed printers copper plate necklace

cast sterling silver elder seed cone pendant

re-purposed printers copper plate keepsake

american white oak and sterling silver SOLD

washi paper and acrylic necklace

My younger son Josh Pringle is is up here in Byron Bay for a few weeks to pick up some skills and to inspire me with his Art.

This little Silverhorse and ring are his first sand-cast pieces and the steel choker is mine.. a little gold leaf will adorn it soon.

…Don’t forget – those of you who received our 10% discount vouchers at Hammer and Hand’s last exhibition, still have until Valentines Day (14 February) to claim your discount!

These pieces are inspired by the Pacific Islander Sailors of the Marshal Islands who navigate using ancestral knowledge handed down by means of “Stick Maps” .. These are made from small sticks and Cowrie shells , bound together with palm fiber.. These Maps indicate wave direction, currents,Wind and more … They watch birds and if they are carrying food in their beaks or claws, then they are journeying home to an island..They watch the horizon just befor dawn to spot a glow in the sky , indicating the first light of the sun reflecting on land below the horizon .. My pieces are ‘bone boats with wings or other means of propulsion that are ourselves (we understand in our bones the directions we need to travel)

Welded steel and gold leaf

welded steel, copper, bronzing