Fast work! Pin. 9/9.

It was a real challenge to make something new today, with even less studio time available to me than yesterday. I thought about dipping into the emergency box and just finishing off something that was almost done already, but then realised that I could go from scratch if I looked at it within the usual rules of a JMGA pin swap. 1 hour making time and about $10 worth of materials. I compromised and started with a small disc of sterling which I had previously cut out and partly domed. It was very rough, so I probably spent about the same time cleaning it up as it would have taken to make a whole new one anyway, but waste not! Then it was just a matter of adding a pin and pegging on a pearl. Done - and in a fraction under an hour, including a bit of stop/start and cleaning up. A very simple idea, but an attractive one. It looks a little like a retro reading lamp or maybe a doctors headlamp. I've always rather liked the soft warmth of a pearl on polished silver.

Pearl Pin. Sterling silver & freshwater button pearl.

It's going to be another extraordinarily busy day tomorrow, with work (casual gainful employment) both morning and evening again, and a medical appointment in the middle of the afternoon. It will probably come down to two or three 1 hour sessions. More time than I had today though, so it's possible. We'll see what tomorrow brings. I'm hoping that I'll start to have more days when something happens, or I find something that gives me an interesting new idea for a piece. You never know.