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A small
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This piece
was comissioned as a memorial for a guy who liked flying, among other things.
The idea is ascention, climbing through the turbulence of life to be floating
aloft, looking back on the distance you came. |
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It's about 11 inches
tall, weighs about 15 pounds.
The saying "come
back again" was a favorite of his.
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The metal
is silicon bronze, sandcast in 5 major pieces and 4 wingtips and then welded
together. |
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How
it was made
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It started
as a clay sculpting. |
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The clay
is studied and parting lines are defined by sticking in pieces of sheet
metal. Wings were cut off |
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Flinging Plaster
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A plaster waste mold.
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The mold pieces are
cleaned up and painted with clay slip, which acts as a release. Then Bondo
patterns are made in the plaster.
breaking out the pattern
pieces
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A sand
mold opened just after ramming. |
Fire, Hot metal, etc.
I'm working on a page about sandcasting.
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The parts after casting and cleaning up.
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After welding and some finishing (but not an excessive amount),
I sandblasted the piece and gave it a liver of sulfur patina. |
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I would like to do more of this kind of work.
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If you are curious about any details, I'll be happy to answer
questions. |
drop a line |
