Send us a text This month's Challenge is to create a candle holder for a pile of old copper pipe. Andrew created a feather candle stand with shiny feathers behind to reflect light and Kipling made a hinged tea light holder that all folds up to a nice sun decoration. This month our esoteric eggels gets us talking about our musical talents and Andrew…

Send us a text This time we recap our first season of podcasting. Our favorite challenges and the challenges we might want to forget. Hear more detail about the challenges by the numbers. We also get into a little bit more of our market sales and how these challenges help stock our tables and entertain both our customers and us. Check us out on soc…

Send us a text This month's Challenge is an original animal created by mashing up two or more other animals. This challenge was inspired by a high school assignment and the fun had following March Mammal Madness (linked below). Andrew created a Koala Spider trying to make the creepy spider cute and Kipling made a Bat-Eared Falpion, combining a falc…

Send us a text This month's Challenge is an art piece inspired by the term “Wild City”. This challenge stands out as just an art piece, when most of our creations have some type of function these purposes are just art. Andrew made a city covered by grass and dandelions he calls “Weeds above us” and Kipling made a copper tree as it up roots a house …

Send us a text This month's Challenge is an original cast copper Monopoly piece. We both had issues learning the new skills needed to create successful castings from melted copper. In the end Kipling made a sleigh a rustic Aladdin lamp and Andrew made a polished mini anvil. As is now tradition we talk about some esoteric eggels and share our favori…

Send us a text This month's Challenge is a sleigh shaped candy dish. Kipling made a sleigh with a great tufted pillow seat out of copper and aluminum and Andrew made a sleigh from steel and struggled to find the inspiration on this project. As is now tradition we talk about some esoteric eggels and share our favorite Christmas foods and Andrew asks…

Send us a text This month's Challenge is a Miniature Christmas Village house. Kipling made a tinsmith shop out of copper and Andrew made a steel blacksmith shop (because of course he did.) These are meant to be added to a miniature Christmas village display. As is now tradition we talk about some esoteric eggels and share our favorite Christmas dec…

Send us a text This month's Challenge is a chess set. Kipling made a set of different flowers out of copper and Andrew made steel gnomes. Kipling is a better chess player but can he make a better set of pieces? We have been making these for months As is now tradition we talk about some esoteric eggels and share our favorite halloween decorations an…

Send us a text This month's Challenge is a Trivet. Kipling made a brass celtic knot and Andrew made a steel pineapple. Yes they both work as trivets or hot plates. As per usual we talk about some esoteric eggels and share our favourite recipe and Andrew Asks a somewhat related question to our work.. Check us out on social media to vote for your fav…

Send us a text This month's Challenge is a Animal Brooch . It had to be an animal we had not made before, and it had to be small enough to be worn as a brooch. Kipling used copper and epoxy to make a loon brooch. While Andrew made a wire frame silhouette of a wolf with scrolls inside out of a coat hanger. As now tradition, we talk about our shop wo…

Send us a text This month's Challenge is a Metal House Plant . Kipling made a copper money plant from scrap copper cutoffs using a broken texturing die and Andrew made a steel Venus Flytrap with multiple heads and sharp pokey bits.. As now tradition we talk about our shop woes and wonders and share some this time some vintage musical esoteric eggel…

Send us a text This month's Challenge is a Bird Bookend. Kipling made a brass and cooper woodpecker with fancy cutouts and Andrew made a humming bird with small flowers on a heavy metal base. As now tradition we talk about our shop woes and wonders and share some esoteric eggels too. Check us out on social media to vote for your favourite @deerrunf…

Send us a text This month's Challenge is Fairy Doors. Kipling made a whimsical fairy doors based on the four elements and Andrew made a more traditional door with forged hardware. Check us out on social media to vote for your favourite @deerrunforge and @tapley_tinsmith Challenge posted on April 29, 2024 May's Challenge is set to be a bird bookend.…

Send us a text This month's Challenge is Bookmarks. Kipling made a bunch of different bookmark designs using new patina techniques and Andrew tried his hand at copper inlay on a flattened piece of wrought iron. Check us out on social media to vote for your favourite @deerrunforge and @tapley_tinsmith Challenge posted on March 25, 2024 Support the s…