My Process Begins with Hacksaws...

1935 Royal Typewriter, before it becomes jewelry parts.

Seriously!  Jerry does most of the deconstruction for me, using screw drivers, awls, wrenches, etc.. The best pieces are hiding in the guts of old machines like this.  After I take them out, I clean and seal if needed.

Then the fun begins! I mostly use cold connections, primarily rivets, mini-screws and wire wrapping techniques to connect pieces together.

Here I'm riveting a broach back to make a pin.

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Vintage pocket watch face, large nuts from Direct TV receiver (which proves we will rip anything apart)

My designs come about in 2 ways: sketching and "playing" .  Playing to me is starting with 1 or 2 pieces I want to use, and then moving them around, adding and subtracting items until the pieces tell me I'm done.    I have several trays sitting in my studio in little piles because that project hasn't found it's voice yet. 

Finished Piece

this is my desk when I'm playing ... some of these got made, some are still in my back table of trays....

An example from my current sketchbook.

this is my "back" table where misbehaving bits go to simmer.

Jerry hard at work destroying .. er... harvesting parts.

Kya is my shop assistant!