Kevin Hall Wild Designs

02/12/2023

02/12/2023

I'm kind of a deadline-driven guy. I've had the course and supplies for over a year, but last weekend was my new boss' daughter's Bat Mitzvah, so I finally had a deadline to meet! I ended up using some sterling stock that I had on hand with some texture already on it, which I put to the inside of the band.
It took me some time to get the right design, thankfully, my daughter is a whiz with Photoshop and helped. I experimented with a couple designs, including one that is reversed and I hope to use it as a rolling mill texture plate.
The version that I finally used was actually white text and black background, and I used the yellow transfer paper.
Next time, I plan to use a lower temperature setting on the iron when I do the transfer, I had to take some time to work the paper off.
I call the design a "Shema Bracelet" the Hebrew is a verse from Deuteronomy 6: 4-5 "Hear O' Israel..."

05/09/2021

Found some of my older pieces when I was working with ebony.

02/03/2021

Thanks to my friends in the Jewelry Makers Guild who inspired me to get back in the shop. Here's a belt buckle that I cobbled together just for fun. Along with some of the progress photos. It includes three types of metal and the moon is a "tri-phase" moon. I was planning to use some ostrich shell as a full moon but made a switch in the middle. I might try putting a patina on it, who knows?

03/18/2019

Sorry to be so absent lately. Too much of my "real job." My friend Craig has challenged me to put a piece in for the Del Mar Fair. Mulling over some options, the leader is a variation of a Celtic Torc. I'll post some pics as I go.

01/09/2016

After finding some corrugated copper pipe in my Brother-in-Law's recycle pile, I did some cutting, hacking, rolling and hammering, I found a few bracelets in there! Who knew?

12/31/2015

Finally got a couple of new pieces up on my ETSY shop. Just in time for Christmas... 2016!!! - Sorry, Megan. The Tyrannosaurus Rex is not included.

09/04/2015

Just posted this for sale on Etsy! https://www.etsy.com/listing/246677353/tom-brady-commemorative-super-bowl-49

For the ULTIMATE Tom Brady & The New England Patriots Football Fan. This special ring commemorates that regardless of what the NFL and

12/05/2014

Here's an example of a custom made bracelet created for my Stephanie with the names of her beautiful kids (my grandkids). The technique includes stamping, etching, and forging (forming) with attention paid to the antiquing process of the patina. Yes, I can make these on request!

12/05/2014

Welcome to my page (Finally Published!), now I just have to get busy with my Etsy Store (Name subject to change): https://www.etsy.com/shop/SilverJewelrySilver

12/05/2014

Created by etching or transfer, these bracelets contain the Hebrew passage often known as "Shema Yisrael" from Deut 4:5-6, most also contain in English a portion of Leviticus 19:18 as reference by Jesus as the Great Command in Matthew 24: 34-40