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

New Earrings

Some of the new designs I'm working on for the coming art shows.  This weekend there is a trunk show at the Harn Museum on Sunday. I'll be showing some new designs and showing a presentation on casting .   The stripes on these earrings are inlaid copper and silver.  As they age the patina on the copper will get darker and increase the contrast. The hoops are about 1.25 inches across.