and so, maybe: maybe metal hides some other way of Expression. Maybe: in seeing it move under the hammer blows, in colours that change at the heat of the fire; in the forcing of bends, or tips or blades inside it - or against it. In taking it out of the acid, matt - silvery. In polishing it with Love. In letting it standing out strong, and contrasting, against fabric and skin and hair: extending lines of force, pushing the beholder's eyes - or yours - deeper, Inside.
It's an Art by itself - even if "minor" and mistreated: and she needs affection. Yes - affection.
Hi!, I'm Davide. I try to be a metalsmith. My other vices was good prose, and is powerlifting.
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Something about cocktail rings, #1-3

Were these days of panic, chaos, no-sleep no-shower no-anything, and except my real-life job and a day long trip to Rome, everything more or less was working to this project: a theme based prize, where theme was food, wine, and their sensations. So I tryied a thing but time was short - as usual, if not worst - and I had to change in mid-flight, and choose something simpler. So here they are, the three cocktail rings [pun slightly intended]: the Bloody Mary Ring (1), the Manhattan Ring (2), the Margarita Ring (3).



















They're sterling and glass, and they somewhat signify a tripartition of the day: in the morning 'till lunch you drink Bloody Mary - to cast away booze; from mid-afternoon 'till evening you sip Manhattan, suave and mysterious - and then in the night it's time for Margarita, and the small skull offers an hint of what will: of what you'll have to cure the next morning with, etcaetera.
They originally came in a cardboard box - handmade, lined with dark red canvas: but in the finally dialogues with my master, box was rejected. Tomorrow, a sneaky pic of the box itself.
A simplified version of them is on the way.
c ya.

il primo di una serie (penso)



Argento 925, citrino da 5mm. Il pendente è ridotto a ragione portato a forma per via di martello [cfr. lo scorso post]. La foto: vabbè.

and finally: la prima commissione di giugno!



... che doveva rimaner segreta fin'alla consegna.

E' una catena in argento sterling d'una sessantina d'anelli tondi, esagonali e medagliettiformi [?], e arricchita da una ventina di pietre da 5 mm - peridotti soprattutto, e poi citrini e zaffiri neri - in castoncini a tubo saldati all'interno degli anelli; la chiusura libera è "pensata" perché il pezzo possa essere portato come collana d'un unico giro, collana di due giri, o come bracciale. Per me - schiappa della fotografia - risultava assolutamente infotografabile.