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willofthewisp — Disc brooch
Published: 2005-04-17 06:14:36 +0000 UTC; Views: 1125; Favourites: 27; Downloads: 94
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Silver disc brooch. Some time back I was working on a project that was not going very well. I was getting all up tight about it and wanted to work on something that would take my mind away from it. I had the sheetmetal disc that I had cut out of the middle of a part where I needed to have a large hole on yet another project. It was sort of engraving therapy, and this brooch was the result. I had liked the look of the Anglo Saxon engraved brooches, and wanted to give one a go. I wear this one myself quite a bit.Related content
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Thanks, I'm going to wear it to an opening Friday night.
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I did get a lot of looks, but I think that as many people were looking at the black silk outfit I made to go with it as were looking at the brooch.
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You're most welcome.
I guess you will have all stares on you with that beautiful piece.
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here is the disc brooch I got to waer for my wedding : [link]
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I recognize the Manx motif. It is a bit like the work my friend Pat Conlin used to do. It is a pitty he stopped, he was truely one of the best historical metalsmiths and designers around, not to mention the best martial artist that the SCA has ever seen.
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I have a friend who is a real good metalsmith.
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he does different styles (depending what the customer wants...)
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ok... Somk is a friend of mine and a very good jeweler & metalsmith. The link though is from another friend who does weapons and armor... and another good metalsmith !
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Yeah, Ive been stopping by his page too.
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I actually knew that but my typing leaves much room for improvement.
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ooooh very stylie.. great detail .. nice work man 
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Thanks, I'd love to sell it, but will be sad to see it go too.
Take care.
Bill.
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Wow !
I like its genuine honesty, did you get all that relief just by engraving ? I have yet to get to play with the shinny metal
but want to play with it more now
thankyou for sharing
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All the relief is engraving save for the bosses, which are domes soldered to wire that is riveted through to attach the findings on the back. I have never actually seen the backs of any of the extant Anglo Saxon disc brooches, either the engraved or the composit examples, but i know that there was some work on the reverse of some. I wore this brooch on my motorcycle jacket not long ago on a visit to York, where I litteraly bumped into a man who I later found out was the head of the York historical trust. He commented about the broock and how it reminded him of one he had examened in the museum, and asked me if I knew what was on the back of the museum piece. He never told me, and I had a grand time in York, staying with a woman at a cheap dive of a hostel, for as long as I could befor I had too go on to London.
Any way thanks. I'm glad you like the brooch; It is currently in Seattle at a gallery, and though I enjoy wearing it, selling it would be good too.
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