Byron Shows Off Buckle #2 in Rochester
Here it is, the long awaited (by me anyway) new buckle design. It took me about 25 hours to complete this piece, it's all hand made and hand engraved. I hope you like it as much as I do!
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Admittedly, this looks a lot like buckle #1 that I made some 6-9 months ago. It's still all hand made of sterling silver and the chard dug from the Red Wing pottery dump. |
| I've tried to pay attention to detail, even the bezel is hand stamped and ornamented by the sterling rope wire. But there's a BIG difference from buckle #1... |  |
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The back of buckle #2 is totally re-designed; it's now worthy of the work of art displayed on the front. Yes, every cut, bend, line, and curve was done by hand in my shop. No pre-fab anything! |
| Every buckle is going to have a number indicating the order in which I completed it; 2 in this case. The space above the 2 is reserved for an initial, or what ever. The leaves are actually duplicates of the traditional Red Wing "Elephant Ears" found on many of the stoneware pieces. |  |
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All the collectors tell me that it's extremely important to sign and date a piece. In this case it's made by: Byron Bush |
I hope to have a good inventory of these buckles in July at the Red Wing convention. I expect the asking price, depending on the chard, will be around $200.
BBBush