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Leather Dodecahedral Handbag

April 2010

You want me to pay £100 for a router table? I think I'll make one out of scrap. I was going to post a 'How to' guide to explain how I did this. However there's not much to say. Look at the picture, that's it.

Leather Dodecahedral Handbag

March 2010

Eleven patches of leather riveted together into an open ended dodecahedron. Add some chains and a handle and you got a handbag.

Watchmaker's Apprentice

March 2010

Me practicing a solo version of the Watchmaker's Apprentice. Does it count as a cover when you're in the band that originally did it? Maybe its a 'version'?

Golden Greaves

February 2010

A pair of greaves (that's 'leg armour' but using the right terminology makes me look clever, right?). The first project to come off the vacuum former. Bubbled the plastic a little bit, but looks gorgeous as metal corrosion. Sold to a mate for 70 quid.

Rhino Helmet

February 2010

I was approached by a guy called Pitbull who wanted a rough and grungy helmet with rhino horns coming out of it. Lets face it, when a guy called Pitbull asks you for anything you give careful consideration over your answer. Fibreglass body with plastazote horns.

Brass Plates for The Clockwork Quartet

February 2010

You know how some bands sell cloth badges for their fans to sew onto their stuff? For the Clockwork Quartet I decided we should have brass plates for our fans to screw or bolt onto their stuff. Due to the effort that goes into making them they're going to be expensive for band merchandise. So I'm probably going to go for limited runs of 100 with each design, numbered and initialled on the beack. For people who don't have the money I'm going to have a 'how to' guide up with all the templates, so if people can have a go at making their own (and find out how much work it is and why I'm charging the high price).

If there's enough interest in a cheaper version we could look into outsourcing and maybe getting some laser etched. Seems to be straying away from the steampunk ethos though.

Clockwork Quartet Cufflinks

February 2010

More brass acid etching. This time it's my version of the Clockwork Quartet's steam drone logo.

Sculptey Car

January 2010

Sculptey car made in Second Life for the Magicians. Making stuff in sculpteys is very efficient in terms of what the viewer has to download. Sculpteys are however very painful to construct with due to the contrived process of making them and their limitations.

Snow Chains for Shoes

January 2010

Brighton has been hit with a load of snow and ice. My house is at the top of a steep hill. Me and my girlfriend Ruth decided to make some snow chains for our shoes so we can walk on ice. I threw mine together really fast and Ruth made a less 'frontier' style pair. After a test run earlier today, I can say they are a complete success.

Vacuum Former

December 2009

For years myself and my friend Jackson talked about making our own vacuum former. One evening we decided screw thinking about it and just make the damn thing. In the end it cost us about £20 and took a couple of hours. Totally should have done it ages ago. You staple or nail the plastic sheet to the frame. Put the thing to form on the box with the holes. Put plastic/frame combo in the oven. Turn on vacuum cleaner. Take hot plastic/frame combo out of oven and push onto the box with the holes. That easy.

Smile Like You Mean It - Killers cover on 5 string banjo

November 2009

Finally worked out how to get my external sound card to work properly, so I can now get some covers and original tunes up on YouTube.

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