The Tinker Crow

Shiny things

Things I've made and things in the making, sorted by what they're made of, and things that caught the light, sorted by color.

Made by hand

On the bench

  • Choosing leather: a brown hide with brass rings, chain and charms
  • Rivets, rings and a mallet laid out beside two straps in progress
  • Yellow leather harness in progress, set with gold spikes and rings
  • A pile of glass squares wrapped in copper foil
  • Glass tiles laid out from a pixel pattern in a notebook
  • Blue glass pieces laid out on the horse pattern
  • Freshly cut leather strips beside a rotary cutter and a steel rule
  • The arch window pieces fitted together on the cutting mat
  • Glass gems spread across the bench beside a lamp in progress

Glass

  • Rainbow pixel-heart suncatcher hanging in a window
  • Stained-glass cube in bright squares of color, like a puzzle cube
  • Blue and violet stained-glass mandala hanging in a window
  • Pixel-art stained-glass panel in black, white and red standing on a sill
  • Pixel-art stained-glass cat with a rainbow trail
  • Faceted blue stained-glass horse lit by a window

Metal

  • Metal sculpture of a long-billed shorebird on wire legs, standing in steel reeds
  • Metal sculpture of a fish with a cut-steel head and a wire skeleton for a body

Leather

  • Brown leather harness with a brass pendant on a dress form
  • Turquoise tooled-leather harness with brass chain and a dragon charm
  • Leather harness draped with silver chains on a dress form
  • Leather harness draped with gold chains on a dress form
  • Brown leather cuff with riveted straps
  • Black leather straps riveted into a mesh of rings on a cutting mat

String

  • Tall macramé lamp shade in cream and lavender
  • Crochet mandala in cream, grey and taupe

Beads and jewelry

  • Batman beadwork in progress on a bead loom, beside its pixel pattern
  • Strands of pearls with crystal spacers held in one hand
  • Beaded pixel-art cat with a rainbow trail on a sketchbook

Paint and drawing

  • Sketchbook page of small birds on a flowering branch
  • Painted study of Van Gogh's The Starry Night in a gold frame
  • Painting of a lake at night under blue and gold clouds
  • Painted straw-hat skull-and-crossbones flag
  • Chalk drawing of a duck on pavement

Photographs

Greens

  • Monstera leaf glowing green with the sun behind it
  • Scalloped succulent leaves edged with tiny plantlets
  • Green hop cones hanging under a broad leaf
  • Ivy leaves climbing a red stem
  • Bracket mushroom on a mossy log
  • Star-shaped lupine leaf edged with dew

Yellows

  • Orange sunflower against a pale sky
  • Worn yellow machine arm with a brass lever
  • Yellow petal holding drops of water
  • Small fox-colored dog on a leash among autumn leaves
  • A rainbow cast across a wall beside palm fronds and a rack of bright clothes
  • Round gold mercury-glass bottle catching the light

Oranges

  • Rusted chain hoist hanging in a workshop
  • Old arc welder with its faded maker's plate
  • Orange hand winch wound with steel cable
  • Empty wasp comb in a bed of redwood needles
  • Candles glowing in mercury-glass holders on a dark table
  • Orange autumn leaves on a twig with raindrops

Reds

  • Red knob on a pale machine casing
  • Red barn and corral under a smoky sky
  • A red leaf floating in a rain puddle
  • Close view of a stop sign beaded with rain
  • Ridged metal cap with green and orange paint flaking off
  • Red leaves covered in raindrops

Pinks

  • Magenta zinnia in full bloom
  • Hot-pink zinnia with blurred blooms behind
  • Pink daisy with a dark centre
  • Trays of seed beads sorted by color
  • Folds of pink and white lace
  • Single peach rose glowing against dark leaves

Purples

  • Purple flower bud about to open
  • Glass lantern filled with tiny white string lights
  • Close view of a purple agapanthus cluster
  • Purple lupine bud beaded with dew
  • Violet glass lantern among blurred string lights
  • Pink and purple wallflower blooms

Blues

  • Glass of ice water against a blue table
  • Padlock gone green with verdigris on a rusted chain
  • White plum blossoms on a branch against blue sky
  • Chrome side pipe and white-letter tyre on a classic car
  • Polished carburettors in a blue engine bay
  • Raindrops on glass against a blue sky

Grays

  • Vintage typewriter keys beside a houseplant
  • Fork resting on the rim of a glass
  • Combination lock and chains in black and white
  • Water drops beaded on a black surface
  • Brass padlock closing a loop of steel chain
  • Close view of a lace-cut metal lantern and its glass jewels

Whites

  • Cracked white paint over a rusted square fitting
  • White and violet iris speckled with rain
  • Single white blossom on a dark branch
  • Dark cat with green eyes gazing straight up
  • Buckwheat flower head with a small green caterpillar
  • Black cat curled on a striped blanket