Did you make your presents for family this year?

I did and i made mine from silver

I have got to the age where i dont want anything myself but i seriously dislike giving money in a card as it is lazy, in my opinion you cant go wrong with a hand crafted gift as it shows thought and time went into making a gift.

When i make custom stuff it always starts out on the computer, usually in blender to make the design. I am no whizz kid when it comes to blender but i am learning as i go along. The next step i use is photon workshop to turn my designs into plans for my 3d printer.

The plans are loaded into my 3d printer and resin is added and i let it print for about 2 hours for these designs, they are rinsed and left to cure in the sun light. I clean any rough edges and then it is off to mould making.

I did the castings in a 2 part flask using petrobond sand, the silver is heated to 1150*c and poured into the flask and fingers crossed the voids are filled nice and neat.

The keyrings are for my sisters, i hope they like them and stay on the keys, the whale pendant was drawn by one of my good friends which i turned into a silver pendant for her charm bracelet and the hand stamped bar is for a pal, i did remove his last name from the pic.