Cactus cooker

I was recently given a used 'Turbo convection oven' which I then discovered had a very badly rusted heater element cover, so it was unsafe to use for food.

As usual, before throwing it away, I considered potential artistic uses for the glass bowl and other components. With the addition of a rescued glass saucepan lid, a liberal scattering of smallish rocks, some small cacti and succulents, it is now a terrarium... and the half hour or so that it took to create it gave me a much needed break from housework!

Now this cooker really is cactus!

Restored family heirloom

This antique medicine cabinet has been handed down through the family from my grandfather. I restored it some time ago, however was unable to find a suitable keyhole escutcheon which it has always lacked.

I stumbled across a selection of escutcheons during my search for hinges to use on the Moroccan style entertainment cabinet I built recently... it arrived yesterday and I wasted no time carefully affixing it to the cabinet, as well as replacing the glass which was broken while moving house.

New home, new studio

It's taking me a lot longer than I ever expected to get my new studio set up, but I've finally repaired the workbench which was vandalised on my balcony at the old house. Now that it's in the studio, it has given me an extra work surface, which means my glass-working bench no longer needs to double as a general workbench... and hopefully that means that I will be more productive.

I still have what feels like a gazillion boxes (really less than ten, but I'm somewhat exhausted from the move) to unpack, but the end is in sight and I'll be back in the studio before I know it!