Hammerhand Workshop
@hammerhandworkshop.com
He/Him
Cosplayer and maker.
Winner of Dragon Con FNCC Journeyman 2022.
https://linktr.ee/hammerhandworkshop
Cosplayer and maker.
Winner of Dragon Con FNCC Journeyman 2022.
https://linktr.ee/hammerhandworkshop
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Introduction post: this account will primarily post work-in-progress updates and finished photos of the costumes and props that I build, as well as stuff from conventions I attend. I mostly do work for myself, but have lately been taking on more commission work.
Packing up another batch of Strider buckles to send out. I never get tired of making these.
December 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Packing up another batch of Strider buckles to send out. I never get tired of making these.
I made a giant cartoon head (Mister Ring-a-Ding) for Chicago TARDIS 2025. Here's how I built it. First I found model sheets by the artist - Ian Spendloff - on Instagram. I modeled the head in Blender, then printed it in resin. I printed a stripped-down version and used it to create a pattern.
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December 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I made a giant cartoon head (Mister Ring-a-Ding) for Chicago TARDIS 2025. Here's how I built it. First I found model sheets by the artist - Ian Spendloff - on Instagram. I modeled the head in Blender, then printed it in resin. I printed a stripped-down version and used it to create a pattern.
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As part of my presentation at #ChicagoTARDIS, I wanted to make something that could not only help me demonstrate different metals and patinas, but also be something I could give away as prizes.
I modeled this Seventh Doctor TARDIS key in Blender, and cast copies in both pewter and Zamak.
I modeled this Seventh Doctor TARDIS key in Blender, and cast copies in both pewter and Zamak.
December 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
As part of my presentation at #ChicagoTARDIS, I wanted to make something that could not only help me demonstrate different metals and patinas, but also be something I could give away as prizes.
I modeled this Seventh Doctor TARDIS key in Blender, and cast copies in both pewter and Zamak.
I modeled this Seventh Doctor TARDIS key in Blender, and cast copies in both pewter and Zamak.
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If you have loved ones buried in the Chicagoland area but you're out of state, have less mobility in the snow than you'd like, or just don't have time to trek out to the cemetery, I can place decorations for you! Check out my website for more info: gravestonesandgenealogy.com/gravestones
December 3, 2025 at 8:47 PM
If you have loved ones buried in the Chicagoland area but you're out of state, have less mobility in the snow than you'd like, or just don't have time to trek out to the cemetery, I can place decorations for you! Check out my website for more info: gravestonesandgenealogy.com/gravestones
I was out there solo, and didn't get a ton of photos of myself in costume this weekend. I love candid shots like this, I think it captures the whimsy I was trying to bring.
Waiting in an autograph line at a #DoctorWho convention. Been doing this (off and on) for four decades lmao about to see my first 21st Century Doctor (Eccleston!), met all the 20th century ones going back to Troughton
@chicagotardis.bsky.social
@chicagotardis.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I was out there solo, and didn't get a ton of photos of myself in costume this weekend. I love candid shots like this, I think it captures the whimsy I was trying to bring.
I debuted my latest costume, Mister Ring-a-Ding, aka Lux, from the latest season of #DoctorWho at #ChicagoTardis2025! Had an absolute blast, but failed to get many photos. Build photos coming soon.
December 1, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I debuted my latest costume, Mister Ring-a-Ding, aka Lux, from the latest season of #DoctorWho at #ChicagoTardis2025! Had an absolute blast, but failed to get many photos. Build photos coming soon.
Come see me talk about metalwork!!
I thought it hadn't been selected since it didn't appear on the call for panelists, but I just checked the app and it's on the schedule! If you'll be at @chicagotardis, please come join us. I'd love to pack the room, AND you just might walk away with a prize!
I thought it hadn't been selected since it didn't appear on the call for panelists, but I just checked the app and it's on the schedule! If you'll be at @chicagotardis, please come join us. I'd love to pack the room, AND you just might walk away with a prize!
November 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Come see me talk about metalwork!!
I thought it hadn't been selected since it didn't appear on the call for panelists, but I just checked the app and it's on the schedule! If you'll be at @chicagotardis, please come join us. I'd love to pack the room, AND you just might walk away with a prize!
I thought it hadn't been selected since it didn't appear on the call for panelists, but I just checked the app and it's on the schedule! If you'll be at @chicagotardis, please come join us. I'd love to pack the room, AND you just might walk away with a prize!
I made a brass pendant for my wife @gravesandgenealogy.bsky.social based on historical gravestone carvings. It was the first time I've tried multi-step etching, and it took a while to fully wrap my head around it.
November 24, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I made a brass pendant for my wife @gravesandgenealogy.bsky.social based on historical gravestone carvings. It was the first time I've tried multi-step etching, and it took a while to fully wrap my head around it.
A couple of one-day builds to get ready for the work Halloween event. I'm mostly assembling a closet costume, but I couldn't possibly not add a bit of flair. This is not a pipe. This is a pipe-shaped object.
October 29, 2025 at 3:56 PM
A couple of one-day builds to get ready for the work Halloween event. I'm mostly assembling a closet costume, but I couldn't possibly not add a bit of flair. This is not a pipe. This is a pipe-shaped object.
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Last week, I raised the alarm about ICE's complete disregard for constitutional rights at the Broadview facility.
Watch here:
Watch here:
October 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Last week, I raised the alarm about ICE's complete disregard for constitutional rights at the Broadview facility.
Watch here:
Watch here:
Thanks to @gravesandgenealogy.bsky.social for these beautiful shots of the custom cloak clasps ready to ship out.
These were a commission for a fellow cosplayer that we designed together. I etched the designs into steel, dished them using3D printed dies, and riveted-on the fittings.
These were a commission for a fellow cosplayer that we designed together. I etched the designs into steel, dished them using3D printed dies, and riveted-on the fittings.
October 23, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Thanks to @gravesandgenealogy.bsky.social for these beautiful shots of the custom cloak clasps ready to ship out.
These were a commission for a fellow cosplayer that we designed together. I etched the designs into steel, dished them using3D printed dies, and riveted-on the fittings.
These were a commission for a fellow cosplayer that we designed together. I etched the designs into steel, dished them using3D printed dies, and riveted-on the fittings.
I'm doing a small commission for some custom LOTR-inspired cloak clasps. I wasn't sure if my 3D printed dies would be able to dish the steel this much, but it was no problem at all. I'm so happy with how they're coming out!
October 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I'm doing a small commission for some custom LOTR-inspired cloak clasps. I wasn't sure if my 3D printed dies would be able to dish the steel this much, but it was no problem at all. I'm so happy with how they're coming out!
This past week I should have been working on my costume for Chicago TARDIS, but instead I played with metal. Among other things, I molded and cast a piece of Rohan hardware that I have been dreaming about for a decade. Then I copper plated it, and finally brass plated it.
October 13, 2025 at 7:53 PM
This past week I should have been working on my costume for Chicago TARDIS, but instead I played with metal. Among other things, I molded and cast a piece of Rohan hardware that I have been dreaming about for a decade. Then I copper plated it, and finally brass plated it.
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“A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.”
— The Declaration of Independence
— The Declaration of Independence
September 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
“A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.”
— The Declaration of Independence
— The Declaration of Independence
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haven't been posting much of my work lately, whoops
been dealing with a lot- my meds made me ideate/very angry so now im unmedicated for a bit, my wife and i became homeowners yesterday so we're moving, etc
but heres three proto- tournament prizes im making on commission in the middle of all this
been dealing with a lot- my meds made me ideate/very angry so now im unmedicated for a bit, my wife and i became homeowners yesterday so we're moving, etc
but heres three proto- tournament prizes im making on commission in the middle of all this
September 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM
haven't been posting much of my work lately, whoops
been dealing with a lot- my meds made me ideate/very angry so now im unmedicated for a bit, my wife and i became homeowners yesterday so we're moving, etc
but heres three proto- tournament prizes im making on commission in the middle of all this
been dealing with a lot- my meds made me ideate/very angry so now im unmedicated for a bit, my wife and i became homeowners yesterday so we're moving, etc
but heres three proto- tournament prizes im making on commission in the middle of all this
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BREAKING: Disney+ is to replace the two-season run of Andor with a recut version that runs for only five minutes, and is just Mon Mothma apologising profusely to Darth Vader for any inconvenience, and letting him have whatever he wants.
September 18, 2025 at 7:17 AM
BREAKING: Disney+ is to replace the two-season run of Andor with a recut version that runs for only five minutes, and is just Mon Mothma apologising profusely to Darth Vader for any inconvenience, and letting him have whatever he wants.
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BBC News captures Doctor Who himself Sylvester McCoy at the Trump protest seemingly unaware of who they're interviewing.
September 17, 2025 at 6:29 PM
BBC News captures Doctor Who himself Sylvester McCoy at the Trump protest seemingly unaware of who they're interviewing.
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Guys thank you for allowing me to fly you to my private island. Have fun but please respect my boundaries vis a vis minors trafficking. That’s just for me, sorry. Help yourself to ANYTHING in the fridge tho
Kash Patel says the FBI has NO information that Jeffrey Epstein trafficked minors to anyone other than himself.
SEN. KENNEDY: "Who, if anyone, did Epstein traffic these young women to?"
PATEL: "There is no credible information, none ... that he trafficked to other individuals."
SEN. KENNEDY: "Who, if anyone, did Epstein traffic these young women to?"
PATEL: "There is no credible information, none ... that he trafficked to other individuals."
September 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Guys thank you for allowing me to fly you to my private island. Have fun but please respect my boundaries vis a vis minors trafficking. That’s just for me, sorry. Help yourself to ANYTHING in the fridge tho
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Super pleased with how the colour on the wool turned out! Greys are so tricky to dye because they read so differently depending on lighting or neighboring colours, but I’m very happy with this!
August 31, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Super pleased with how the colour on the wool turned out! Greys are so tricky to dye because they read so differently depending on lighting or neighboring colours, but I’m very happy with this!
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This is Meeting The Moment, from Pritzker.
Please watch this 90-second clip.
Please watch this 90-second clip.
Illinois Gov. Pritzker vows to pursue Trump officials who participate in an illegal National Guard deployment to Chicago:
"If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me - not time or political circumstance - from making sure that you face justice under our constitutional rule of law."
"If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me - not time or political circumstance - from making sure that you face justice under our constitutional rule of law."
August 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
This is Meeting The Moment, from Pritzker.
Please watch this 90-second clip.
Please watch this 90-second clip.
The Aragorn coronation vambraces are complete and polished! I learned so much from this build, and I can't wait to make another pair or a related piece again someday.
#cosplay #armor #metalwork
#cosplay #armor #metalwork
August 23, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The Aragorn coronation vambraces are complete and polished! I learned so much from this build, and I can't wait to make another pair or a related piece again someday.
#cosplay #armor #metalwork
#cosplay #armor #metalwork
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New pieces of adornment in wood - all on the website: www.woodlandtreasures.co.uk
August 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
New pieces of adornment in wood - all on the website: www.woodlandtreasures.co.uk
I'm so tired of being told not to be distracted. I'm still pissed they didn't make him release his tax return in 2016. I am just adding more to the list, not being distracted. WTF am I supposed to do with the knowledge of all these crimes I'm not being distracted from? 🤬
August 22, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I'm so tired of being told not to be distracted. I'm still pissed they didn't make him release his tax return in 2016. I am just adding more to the list, not being distracted. WTF am I supposed to do with the knowledge of all these crimes I'm not being distracted from? 🤬
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Bronze door handle
Fernand Dubois. 1902
The studio and home of the sculptor Fernand Dubois was designed by #VictorHorta
However, Dubois designed the #ArtNouveau door handle himself.
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Musée Royal d’Art & d’Histoire, #Brussels #Belgium
#IronworkThursday
#AdoorableThursday
Fernand Dubois. 1902
The studio and home of the sculptor Fernand Dubois was designed by #VictorHorta
However, Dubois designed the #ArtNouveau door handle himself.
(See ALT text for details)
Musée Royal d’Art & d’Histoire, #Brussels #Belgium
#IronworkThursday
#AdoorableThursday
August 21, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Bronze door handle
Fernand Dubois. 1902
The studio and home of the sculptor Fernand Dubois was designed by #VictorHorta
However, Dubois designed the #ArtNouveau door handle himself.
(See ALT text for details)
Musée Royal d’Art & d’Histoire, #Brussels #Belgium
#IronworkThursday
#AdoorableThursday
Fernand Dubois. 1902
The studio and home of the sculptor Fernand Dubois was designed by #VictorHorta
However, Dubois designed the #ArtNouveau door handle himself.
(See ALT text for details)
Musée Royal d’Art & d’Histoire, #Brussels #Belgium
#IronworkThursday
#AdoorableThursday
I recently had to start a buckle project over when the person I'm making them for noticed he had sent me the wrong model. I thought the melting buckles would look cool, so I decided to film the whole process.
August 19, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I recently had to start a buckle project over when the person I'm making them for noticed he had sent me the wrong model. I thought the melting buckles would look cool, so I decided to film the whole process.