[gallery type="rectangular" size="full" link="file" ids="2227,2231"] I've been working on this bronze belt buckle for about four months now. A while for a simple belt buckle perhaps, but this one proved not so simple. I had been looking for a way to improve my bas-relief sculpting skills...

These pieces are nearly finished.  I have begun to shape them with a file in this picture from this morning, a process which has since been completed.  They have now also been sanded and are on their way to the tumbler, after which I will...

Here are more small parts.  I'm currently working on using pieces like these as tools to create an intermediate set of forms and will also start building finished beads and jewelry forms that incorporate these actual parts.  I don't call this blog Many Parts for...

Here is the second shot of small parts I've just created for my latest set of Recursive Beads.  These also will be incorporated into larger beads.  I am now layering colors into the parts that will be revealed in the finished bead.  As I move through...

The last two posts have shown tools and models I've just created for my latest set of Recursive Beads.  Here's a pic of some small parts that will be incorporated into larger beads.  The main difference with these is that I have layered colors into them that...