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This month's Challenge is a Animal Brooch . It had to be an animal we had not made before, and it had to be small enough to be worn as a brooch.

Kipling used copper and epoxy to make a loon brooch. While Andrew made a wire frame silhouette of a wolf with scrolls inside out of a coat hanger.

As now tradition, we talk about our shop woes and wonders and share an esoteric eggle about our favorite chores.

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Challenge will be posted on August 19, 2024

September, the challenge is set to be a trivet or hot plate.

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This month's Challenge is a Metal House Plant .

Kipling made a copper money plant from scrap copper cutoffs using a broken texturing die and Andrew made a steel Venus Flytrap with multiple heads and sharp pokey bits..

As now tradition, we talk about our shop woes and wonders and share an esoteric eggle about some vintage music.

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Challenge will be posted on June 27, 2024

July and August, we combined into one Challenge, that is set to be a jewelry brooch.

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This month's Challenge is a Bird Bookend.

Kipling made a brass and copper woodpecker with fancy cutouts and Andrew made a hummingbird with small flowers on a heavy metal base.

As now tradition we talk about our shop woes and wonders and share some esoteric eggels too.

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Challenge will be posted on May 30, 2024

June's Challenge is set to be a fake house plant.

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This month's Challenge is Fairy Doors.

Kipling made a whimsical fairy doors based on the four elements and Andrew made a more traditional door with forged hardware.

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Challenge posted on April 29, 2024

May's Challenge is set to be a bird bookend.

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This month's Challenge is Bookmarks.

Kipling made a bunch of different bookmark designs using new patina techniques and Andrew tried his hand at copper inlay on a flattened piece of wrought iron.

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Challenge posted on March 25, 2024