A good friend of mine gave me some vintage typewriter keys in the fall. It has taken a while for me to find the time to play with them and have them whisper designs to me. I put them on my bench and with a bunch of other materials for lots of visual stimuli. I cut some copper pieces out and made prongs to capture the keys, Yes, there is a spring in the picture along with brass pieces and steel jump rings
I added some brass square tubing, antiques brass chain, vintage tin from a baking pan, Monopoly pieces and a stone with a natural hole through it and these are the results: