Something new...Phish!

December is always such a whirlwind of activity...  I made many things to give away as gifts, and many things for others to give away as gifts....

 so I've been holding back until after I knew they'd been given to post any photos!!! 

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And I have to say I feel really honored that people would choose to have me make something for them to give.  So THANK -YOU to those of you who asked me!!!  It was fun to be a part of your Holidays too!!!

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This is by far one of the coolest things I've made so far...a "Phish" key ring for a friend of mine to give to her husband....

 This is the drawing I came up with...she was looking at some ideas on etsy where they incorporated the number of shows you've been to with a fish scale symbol.

 So I started with a drawing on paper.  Cut it out and traced it onto some aluminum...What you see below is after snipping it out with tin snips (my husband bought me a jewelry saw for Christmas!!!) ALOT of filing and sanding....

These on the red background are when it's almost finished...

I sent her some photos so she could see how it was looking...

 I used my upper case "D" to create 50 scales...I must have counted and recounted about 50 times! 

  Then to finish it off I used scotchbrite to give it a brushed look... I really like the finish.  I usually hammer my pieces but lately  I 've been liking the simple look this has.  A lot cleaner looking...

 I had a lot of fun with the challenge of making it work and figuring it all out...

Very unique....