Bex Jones

Researcher. Teacher. Crafter.

Portfolio

Here are some amazing things I've made.

Leather

Leather Tote Bag

Veg Tanned Cow Hide - 4.5oz - Biscuit

This leather bag was the largest piece I made from a double shoulder of veg tanned cow hide. I managed to hide a small blemish in the leather on the underside where it will soon blend in from use.

Leather

Leather Purse

Veg Tanned Cow Hide - 4.5oz - Biscuit

This leather purse perfectly fits my phone, wallet, and keys. It also has a belt loop on the back and a removeable strap for versatility.

Jewellery

Stacking Ring

Sterling Silver - 22GA

Simple silver rings like this are relatively simple after some practice and can be easily enlarged to fit a specific person.

Welding

Bottle Opener

Steel and Brass

This is one of my favourite things I have ever made. A rolled steel bottle opener braised with brass. Later I blued this piece in oil to give it a dark tarnish across the steel. Gorgeous.

Chess Set

Fused Glass and B-Mix Clay

As a wedding present for a friend I decided to make my first compound piece, a chessboard made from glass and ceramics.

Ceramics

Ceramic Chess Pieces

B-Mix Clay

I threw each of the thrity-two pieces off the hump on a Lockerbie kick-wheel using B-Mix clay, which is pretty sticky and elastic, so tricky.

Ceramics

Ceramic Chess Pieces

B-Mix Clay

I used Oribe over Leach White for the White pieces and Zachs black over Buttermilk for the black pieces.

Wood Working

Chopping Board

Cherry, Birch and Mahogany

My first foray into wood working produced this piece of (I believe) cherry, birch and mahogany.

Ceramics

Teapot

B-Mix Clay

It was a miracle this did not crack in the drying process. I used wax resist to maintain the integrity of the circles and painted Blue Texture in their centre.

Ceramics

Vase

B-Mix Clay

Another wedding present, I made this for a friend to practice wax resist work and bending the clay after throwing.

Leather

The Astronomy Game

Veg Tanned Cow Hide - 4.5oz - Biscuit

A friend asked me to help manifest an idea he had for his research, the reconstruction of a long lost game from the middle-ages, the Astronomy Game, which involves the zodiac and pieces representing the planets.