So… It’s been over 2 weeks since I last posted. What have I been doing? Last you all heard was that I found a source for soapstone for my pewter casting… and that’s basically what I have been doing.

I sliced up one bit of soapstone into 6 reasonably nice slices. This is where I discovered that this soapstone can be fairly brittle in places, as I accidentally split one of the slices. The 2 pieces were luckily still usable, and were utilised in creating Wulfcynn some pewter rings. Rings are easy to make as they are basically made flat, then bent around and into shape. I did some experiments and discovered that soldering pewter is ,whilst fiddly, possible.

Some of you are also lucky enough to have a sample of a Thor’s hammer I made also. I’m thinking of changing that design very shortly, so those will become limited items.

I have a number of pewter projects that I shall attempt over the next few months. And whilst I was tempted to make the easy stuff first, such as pendants and buckles… I’m more interested in making fun stuff such as games and drinking vessels. I’m guessing though that there will be bits of everything involved. Medallions, pendants, coins, buckles, brooches, game pieces… Everything one needs to start up a period market stall.