Robot.

Robert the Semi-Not Quite-But-Yes-Really-Ruthless.

Brooches project.

Alison Phillips and I have been wanting to (and talking about) collaborating for a while now. We finally got together and spent a day and a bit making a collection of brooches out of balsa wood and papier mache clay.

Here's some initial sketches:

Quite a lot of time was spent perfecting the smoothness of the wood:

My wooden tree brooch:

My painted owl/bird balsa brooch:

Alison's painted owl and bird balsa brooches:

A pink clay bangle:

My little red bird clay brooch:

My little clay owl:

My clay penguin - it looks like it's breakdancing:

More photos can be seen here.