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

August 1, 2018
Posted by Bruce Pringle

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July 19, 2018
Posted by Jen Banks

Ooooh! New Pendants and Necklaces :)

Ship on the Horizon

Birds to call you home

Double Leaf Ginkgo Pendant

Tiny Sea Urchin Pendant – cast from a shell I picked up on my local beach, I set this urchin shell with a topaz

Very special commissioned bodhi leaf pendant

Tea Tree and cz Necklace

Single Banksia Leaf Pendant and Banksia Earrings

Commissioned Landscape Pendant

Five Fluttering Ginkgo Leaves. Pendant

Tiny Urchins with precious stones

Forest and Bird Pendant

Eucalyptus and Amber Pendant

Double Leaf Banksia Necklace

Eucalyptus, Star Anise and Laborodite Pendnat

Eucalyptus and Amber Pendant

Eucalyptus and Opal Pendant

Succulent Eucalyptus Pendant

Forest and Bird Pendant

Paua Shell – cast from a shell I picked up on my wanders

Birds to call you Home

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June 13, 2018
Posted by Bruce Pringle

Good Times with Rich Martin, Sculptor from Hammer and Hand, Hobart, Tasmania.

Good times with Rich Martin at Hammer and Hand Workshop

Rich Martin has been visiting us in Byron Bay… picking up Sand-Casting skills.

Also pictured are Matt Hooper, Artist and Hammer Byron Bay members , Julian DeSaxe, Priscilla Daffen, Thomas Franke (and Arlen!). Jen Banks and Bruce Pringle…. Friday evening watching Rich casting a bronze Skate (sting-ray).

Rich Martin (Hammer and Hand Hobart) with Bruce Pringle and Julian DeSaxe (Hammer and Hand byron bay workshop)

Bruce Pringle and Rich Martin in Briuce’s workshop.. Sandcasting

Rich Martin, Sculptor.

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June 1, 2018
Posted by Bruce Pringle

SEEKING NEW MEMBER for Byron Bay

Hammer and Hand Metal and Jewellery collective, Byron Bay

Hammer and Hand Metal and Jewellery collective, Byron Bay Is looking for a new member to join our collective!

Check out the “about” page here on this website’s menu bar and give Bruce a call on 0409960614 for a chat and more information.

Skill level is not a big deal.. We all started somewhere!

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May 28, 2018
Posted by Bruce Pringle

How we eVOLVE and now iCONNECT

A different society is evolving.. the ways we connect have changed We are iSOCIAL and eVAILABLE

: iCONNECT Fabricated Steel and Bronze

: eVOLVE Fabricated Steel and Bronze

: eVOLVE Fabricated Steel and Bronze

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May 20, 2018
Posted by Bruce Pringle

“Refuge in Tea”

“REFUGE IN TEA” Sand cast silver scarf pin

I am beholden to Metal, it is my music and my sustenance.
I describe the world with it
and in return it has offered me an identity..
I am a Metal-smith for this short and incandescent life
and then, I will leave it and this wrought self,

happily transforming to subtler muse.

So this, the legacy that brings Me to Art.
Where I gently attempt to describe myself to me,
tongue in cheek, rather than clenched of jaw ?
Where I make sense of the senseless and selfless the self ?
Where meaning is wrought from this elemental clay
to make feet for The flood.

A Buddhist view, the plight of the Thylacine, the art of the ancients, the human condition, conceptual identity, Facebook, Google, connectivity, the transience of everything and Tea ! These are what inform my work.

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“MAGPIE BROOCH”

Where I live, up here on Magpie Hill, I listen in awe to their songster skill.

Fabricated,forged and sand cast silver brooch, 5cm legnth

: “Magpie Brooch”

: Magpie brooch back

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“BLACK HARE”A little fabricated and sand cast 1st/2nd century silver and torch fired enamel Hare brooch 5cm legnth

I have just had to copy’ish (!) one of these wonderful little Roman Hare brooches… found on pinterest.. https://pin.it/3be6aubgv44sgm

: “Black Hare” Brooch Sterling silver sand cast, glass enamel

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May 10, 2018
Posted by Bruce Pringle

OPEN STUDIOS Ballina Byron and Beyond!

We invite you to experience our FREE Arts Trail. We’re very excited – it’s on this weekend!

Open Studios – Ballina, Byron & Beyond is an initiative of 17 local artists working from 16 local studios (2 artists are sharing a studio). All artists have been selected to give you as wide a diversity of art media/genre as possible. Click on the links above to access our flyer with trail map.

How often have you been to a gallery, seen beautiful finished artworks and wondered how they did it?

That’s the concept behind this arts trail. 17 artists invite you to their studios to experience the creative process.

How does it work?

All visits and demos are free.
There will be artwork on sale so be ready to fall in love, and take home a treasure or two (or more)…
Hammer is number 12 on the map!
Get a carload of friends/family together
Spend the day discovering all the amazing locations on the trail – as well as the artists’ studios too, of course!
Visit studios in any order you like
Choice of 4 days – lots of opportunity to do some or all the trail

When is it?

Sat 5th May Sun 6th May Sat 12th May Sun 13th May

For more info, go to our Facebook page – please LIKE and SHARE as often as you can, so we can spread the word.

Also! for a mobile friendly Map and brochure click on this link: https://openstudiosballinabyronandbeyond.yolasite.com/

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May 8, 2018
Posted by Bruce Pringle

PINWHEEL PINUP! Scarf pins, Safety pins ON ETSY NOW!

All these pins are now listed for sale on my Bruce Pringle Metal Etsy account.. https://www.etsy.com/ …You can be rolling in credit with your loved one!Get back in the good books! Have one in reserve for that Anniversary/Birthday/Christmas etc gift.. you know it’s a good idea..#handmade #silver #scarf #pin #safetypin #hammer_and_hand #byronbay #sandcast

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