Weekend accomplishments thus far

Well, have actually made a few pieces of jewellery today.... Having a four day break is wonderful.... hopefully I can do a few more things over the next couple of days too!

I recently picked up some silver plated vintage cutlery and managed to put together the following. A fair bit of wire wrapping, drilling, polishing etc.... gotta love my dremel! lol

The fork was a bit of a trial.... I managed to break off one of the prongs... so made it into a loop! Then when I was trying to polish it, went a bit crazy with the dremel, therefore I had to create a pattern on it to cover up the mistakes!

Backyard visitors

Whilst taking a break from trying to tidy up my studio on Sunday, I managed to snap a couple of the regular visitors to my backyard.

This Kookaburra stayed for quite a while while the female King Parrot feasted on the feed and then flew off to join her mate.

Michael de Meng Sydney Workshop 15-17 Feb 2008

Finally managed to work on the photos from the workshop. It was such a great weekend.. cannot wait to do another! Fingers crossed for June!

Various Pics

The following pics were taken from Cambewarra Mountain on the way home from work. It is always a bit hazey.... but at least it gives you an idea on the area in which I live.

I've used a telescopic lens with this one.

• On the left is Coolangatta Mountain.


• Shoalhaven River


• Far right leads down to Jervis Bay