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The 2024 Annual Christmas Ornament, Shooting Star, is a throwback to simpler times, warm summer nights and youth.
I remember searching the night sky for elusive meteors and exclaiming, “WOW” as they burned through Earth’s atmosphere.
The Shooting Star has a hammered surface and is sure to shimmer and sparkle on your tree!
As we've done in years past, our gift to you......
Read moreOur hand cast pewter Gingerbread Man is our 2023 Annual Ornament. He's as sturdy as he is cute, and will endure for generations.
I have fond childhood memories of helping my mother roll and stamp Christmas cookies, including the iconic Gingerbread Man. I never saw one get up and run away, but I can admit to eating a few!
There has already been a very positive response to this little fella… I think he may be destined to be one of our most popular designs.
... Read moreOur new barn workshop and showroom is amazing and will be open year round. We hope you all can plan to visit this year and see it in person.
Spring & Summer shop hours are Tuesday - Saturday, 10 - 5pm, Sunday by chance, call ahead. Winter hours are Tuesday - Saturday, 10 - 4pm. Visitors are welcome to watch work in progress. Please “LIKE” and “FOLLOW” ...
Read moreThe Large Vase is the tallest form I spin. With an overall height of 8", most firms would use a CNC (automated machine) to create this difficult to spin piece. I like doing it the old fashioned way, by hand. I'm using a heavy gauge disc so it takes a lot of force to move the metal. In the end, the critical element is keeping the wall thickness uniform from bottom to top. When I'm done forming, I incise 3 decorative lines, one at the base, and two on the upper, flared lip. Enjoy!
Pewter should be cleaned and polished once a year. This video gives you some simple time saving tips on how to keep your pewter looking great so that future generations can enjoy it too. It's a long video, but worth watching if you own some pewter pieces. If you know someone who has pewter, feel free to share. Enjoy!
The Apple Bowl is one of my Dad's earliest designs, and is a perennial best seller. Hand metal spinning takes a certain amount of finesse and a certain amount of force. This piece requires a great deal of both because the 10" disc is .070" thick!
I'm working out in the barn shop on my big Pryibil Lathe with overhead countershaft because the steel chuck (the form around which the pewter is shaped) weighs 25 lbs! You can see the 3" leather belt moving, and towards the end, I loosen...
Read moreHand metal spinning the top of my Martini Goblet. Starting with a 5.5" x .064" pewter disc and shaping the piece over an aluminum mandrel/chuck. Tricky spinning because of the narrow base. Thanks for watching!
The original silver cups, with later commemorative inscriptions, were part of General George Washington’s camp equipment during the Revolutionary War. The original set of 12 cups, used to serve wine to aides and guests at the General’s table, were made in the shop of Philadelphia silversmith Edmund Milne in August 1777. The Museum of the American Revolution owns 10 of the original set. My faithful adaptation of the Washington Camp Cup is hand spun, lead free pewter, and is table safe.
... Read moreMetal spinning a pewter Pen & Pencil Holder. Starting with a 7" x .064" pewter disc, shaping, burnishing, trimming lip & incising 2 decorative lines.
The Pen & Pencil Holder is a practical gift. I have two of these on my check out counter in my shop. Today we have more than pens and pencils on our desktop. Markers, rulers, and a host of other accessories will fit is this large vessel. Also of potential interest, they hold a pint of ice cream!
I'm hand spinning a 7" x .064" pewter disc around an 11 pc. steel sectional chuck.
The Centerpiece Vase is one of our oldest and most popular designs. Fresh flowers and dried flower arrangements both look great in this wide mouth vessel.
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