The workshop

Toby has just come home from school, still in uniform! and has gone straight downstairs to the cellar to work. I thought it might be interesting for you all to see where he works. He has a space in his Dad's workshop. He also has a space in my studio, for all his beads and charms, and a desk there where he makes most of his jewellery, but we'll show you that another time....

In the pic above you can see a fireproof box that Laurence has made for him, a safe place for flames!


Here, inside the fireproof box, you can see Toby annealing the metal with his torch.



Toby carved out a hole in this large piece of tree trunk, he is hammering the metal into the dip (forging) to make a spoon.

Here you can see Toby filing down the edges of the spoon.

In this photograph, you can see the jewellers workbench that Laurence has made for Toby. He cut a semi-circle out of a spare piece of kitchen top, then cut up an old leather jacket and stapled it under the semi circular cut out, to catch any bits and pieces that might fall. He has also made a jewellers 'peg' which you can see jutting out the middle, this is used to rest things on whilst working. There's also a 'ring sizer' standing on the top.