Drill, baby, drill!!

Riveting…, originally uploaded by antigenre.
I doubt that this was what Sarah Palin had in mind, but hey, it works for me. I went to town with my Foredom a while ago and created a pendant that was originally supposed to be part of my Buckshot series. I love the decayed, broken-down look of all these [...]

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Hey, Copper!

Hey, Copper!, originally uploaded by antigenre.
I’m playing around with some new techniques and ideas and seeing what will come of them. I want to add more rings and bracelets to my store (getting a bit earring-heavy, ya know?), so I’m seeing what I can do with copper discs and silver grains. Something like this work-in-progress will [...]

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Recent Additions

Tools!, originally uploaded by antigenre.
I’ve recently been on a bit of a buying spree for tools and reference material. I just purchased this terrific set of metal stamps from Evie’s Tool Emporium, and came back from a trip to Metalliferous with a starter collection of dapping tools. Also, after ignoring the advice of people who [...]

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Like Watching Paint Dry

Corsico Set, originally uploaded by antigenre.
Since summer is now upon us, I thought I should brighten up my jewelry collection with a bit of color. I’ve just recently started playing around with patinas on my brass and copper pieces, and I am loving the results! It is an interesting process and seems to require a [...]

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Works In Progress

Experiments, originally uploaded by antigenre.
I’m just now getting my new drill set up and getting started with it. Unfortunately, I can’t create a permanent set-up for it because of how tiny my apartment is and how crazy my cat is. There’s no place that I can keep a ridiculously heavy motor hanging up where it [...]

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New Toys!

I finally got myself a drill!  I’m excited.  Metalliferous has a great deal on a basic flexshaft set-up, with a motor, handpiece, foot pedal, and 84-piece accessory kit (and who doesn’t love to accessorize??). 
I learned a few basic techniques in the class that I took this past fall and winter, and I’m ready to start [...]

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Heavy Metal

This pair of earrings is one of the first in my Elemental series, which I’ll be rolling out in my shop over the next little while.  I’m having fun playing with silver and brass combinations, and I really like the little bit of pink that remains just under the surface of the brass discs on [...]

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Burning Down the House

I’m having lots of fun with my new toys!  I bought myself a microtorch, a Roburn MT-770, that I used for about 2 days before it cacked on me.  I took it to my new best friends at Metalliferous, and they took a look at it and immediately convinced me to upgrade to a Blazer. [...]

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The Element of Supplies

Because I live in student housing, work full time and run a fair trade company, the two things that I am rather short on are the time and space in which to make the jewelry that I sell at AntiGenre Arts. Hence I’m forced to be very organized when I head off to the studio [...]

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Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap

Got any “jobs” you want done?  Anything or anyone you want, well, “taken care of”?  If so, I’m your man.  Or, woman, to be precise.  Not that I’ve been leading a life of crime up to this point, but now that I’m in the perfect position to, why not?
I’m pretty new to torches and soldering [...]

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