1800 Buckles

I started making buckles when I started making metal jewelry back in the late 70's.  I think the first one was made from scrape bronze banjo pieces from when I worked at Stewart MacDonald. I made several when I went to Penland in the 80's as "tech samples"  for the lamination techniques I learned with Chuck Evans  I didn't start keeping track of them until I started the series of Fish Face buckles in 1998. That's when I started numbering them. I passed #1800 right at the end of the year (2018) .  At the beginning of 2019 I started posting the buckles with the # of the number as of this writing I'm on #1868. This is the Farrier in sterling for 1 1/2 belts. I have been posting the sold buckles with their numbers  on www.Instagram.com/@jewelryartstudio I'm posting the front and back of each buckle as I finish them.  Most buckles don't get signed and numbered until they are sold.  They are all, so far, part of my inventory of designs so they can be ordered through my websites. If you follow # on instagram you can follow #petersenesacart and see paintings and jewelry in one place.

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New Trout Money Clip

I finally finished the new version of my trout money clip. It's on my website and the Etsy store. What took so long? I'm not sure but probably everything else took priority. I started from scratch so I had to re carve the design.  I made it longer and heavier and thicker at the tail and face where it was bending too much  I also think I made it more realistic and true to the actual fish. This is hard to do sometimes because the proportions of the fish don't always fit into a money clip dimension.

It holds a few bills, business cards and credit cards

I like to use them to have cards at the ready

It wont take a big roll but if you only have a few bills they can fold up and it will still have plenty of grip