Crafty Litsters show your work!

[Betticus]

Me too.

Totally different application....We drove our architect and builder mad. Door furniture is really easy to find in bronze but window furniture? The choice is surprisingly limited. We went with a very beautiful but basic model that will need painted bronze. ( and separate window locks) Um, I should probably have done that by now, but, I just found it hard to believe there was nothing suitable.

I love how the patina of use shows which doors are used most, and the warmth of the colour. It seems ageless to me.

I can see window locks being cast with the lost wax method for small applications but I hear you on driving your architect mad. The thing with architects though is that at heart they are artists and they do understand what it is that you are trying to accomplish. It's just that with todays society they can't justify the cost of an individual work of art vs. the mass manufacture of something that comes close.

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[Betticus]

There are some made fwiw, but they are, IMHO, ugly......the ones we saw. I'm still looking. More windows to do.

Look at it this way... if I were an architect I would like to see the vision of the people who are my clientele'. Even as a dom I want to see ... like "see" what the possibilities are that my own mind might not be envisioning. This kind of thing, this kind of art and discovery is really fun and rewarding. In the end you get to combine your vision and spirit with someone who gets you and will work with you to make something special happen. Go for it, work with it and make it yours in the end.

If I were the one creating pieces of useful sculpture for you I would be very pleased if I could bring a smile to your face and share in the joy of your vision. Fuck man, that is what an artist, engineer, scientist does.. It isn't just in making a functional object but in combining function and a dream.

Like bewbiez... if it weren't for.. .nm.. that is just my personal thing...

 

[markFL]

here's a piece I finished a few days ago. Working on another one now...

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[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[haha_on_me]

MarkFl, your scrimshaw is amazing. You certainly have a good eye, vision, and the ability to transfer that into fantastic art.

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

Mark - I missed this when you originally posted.
Wow! It's all I can say!

 

[Cumference]

I really wonder why my "user CP" didn't tell me that there were new posts here?

Fantastic scrimshaw!



Regarding bronze, I really like to cast that alloy. It melts easily and flows like water.

When you only need a few castings and the shape is relatively uncomplicated, oil-bonded sand is a great method and a lot quicker than lost wax.

 

[desertslave]

The scrimshaw is gorgeous!!!

Our local SCA group is about to get new leader-types (Baron & Baroness). The crafty types pay tribute (totally voluntary) and gift them with goodies that they can, in turn, gift to others for whatever reason. I knew this was coming up so I've been concentrating on making beads in our Baronial colors, blue & white (with a few slips here and there). Today I got together with friends and put together these little trinkets with some copper wire. Master being Master, just had to comment on the general 'shape of things.' Dirty old man.

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

Sweet! I was hoping we would get treated to some pics of the beads just lovely!!

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[midwestyankee]

The scrimshaw is gorgeous!!!

Our local SCA group is about to get new leader-types (Baron & Baroness). The crafty types pay tribute (totally voluntary) and gift them with goodies that they can, in turn, gift to others for whatever reason. I knew this was coming up so I've been concentrating on making beads in our Baronial colors, blue & white (with a few slips here and there). Today I got together with friends and put together these little trinkets with some copper wire. Master being Master, just had to comment on the general 'shape of things.' Dirty old man.

Oh, good grief. A 10-year-old boy would see what your Master sees. No need to be a dirty old man at all.

 

[Shankara20]

Oh, good grief. A 10-year-old boy would see what your Master sees. No need to be a dirty old man at all.

That is what I saw also.

Does that mean I'm not a dirty old man after all?

 

[desertslave]

Desertslave, I had not considered that your beautiful art is something that can be social too! How extraordinarily delightful.

I have Two favourites this time but I am going to start looking at beads differently in the future.

Is there a way to tell if they are handmade ( other than price? )

Technically, all lampworked beads of these styles are handmade; however, some are definitely mass-produced in sweatshop-like conditions (mostly from China or India). For example, the beads for Pandora bracelets are made by someone, somewhere, but not necessarily an "artisan." There are many glass artists around the world, and you can find a good representative sample on websites like Etsy.

The major issue, IMO, is annealing. That is the proper, slow, temperature-controlled cooling of the beads so that they don't crack or break from thermal shock. (An example of shock is pouring room temperature water over ice cubes. Note how some will pop or crack. Same physics for both ice or glass.) Annealing makes the glass more stable, and less likely (though not impossible) to break under normal wearing conditions. Most mass-produced beads are not annealed, and small beads can survive for several years.

Sorry, it's a bit of a religious topic for me.

 

[Cumference]

......

Sorry, it's a bit of a religious topic for me.

Nice!
But those beads really deserved a silver wire!
(And I agree. It is hard not see those dangly bits as..... dangly bits)



I think there are quite a few followers of The Church of Proper Annealing.
I have had the chance to admire glass vessel before and after annealing through polaroid filters. You can see the stress and strain in the glass that way. Before annealing, it looks like a piece of contemporary art. After annealing it is gone,

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

Nice!
But those beads really deserved a silver wire!
(And I agree. It is hard not see those dangly bits as..... dangly bits)



I think there are quite a few followers of The Church of Proper Annealing.
I have had the chance to admire glass vessel before and after annealing through polaroid filters. You can see the stress and strain in the glass that way. Before annealing, it looks like a piece of contemporary art. After annealing it is gone,

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What, no comparison pic? I want the other pic!

 

[Cumference]

From here:
http://www.ilpi.com/glassblowing/glassstress.html

Before and after annealing

 

[desertslave]

From here:
http://www.ilpi.com/glassblowing/glassstress.html

Before and after annealing

Excellent example!!!! Thank you for adding to my attempted explanation with something visual (which makes so much more sense). I use a polariscope for my marbles and the occasional 'bead in doubt' when I'm worried I might have worked it too long.

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

I always want the info and visuals
Annealing is actually one of my interests, sparked by working with the coin minting process.
Thanks!

 

[midwestyankee]

I always want the info and visuals
Annealing is actually one of my interests, sparked by working with the coin minting process.
Thanks!

You're getting ready to launch Collarland, complete with currency and a flag, aren't you?

 

[desertslave]

I always want the info and visuals
Annealing is actually one of my interests, sparked by working with the coin minting process.
Thanks!

Yup, annealing of glass and metals is the same principle...applying even heat and cooling to remove stress from the object and make the crystal alignment happy.

(I think of a good flogging as working in the same principle for myself. )

 

[midwestyankee]

Yup, annealing of glass and metals is the same principle...applying even heat and cooling to remove stress from the object and make the crystal alignment happy.

(I think of a good flogging as working in the same principle for myself. )

Is this not related to the practice of tempering steel?

 

[Endless_Night]

You're getting ready to launch Collarland, complete with currency and a flag, aren't you?

Collarland. Are we talking new nation or amusement park? Because I could see it going either way. Just saying.

 

[desertslave]

Collarland. Are we talking new nation or amusement park? Because I could see it going either way. Just saying.

Hmmm. Sign me up, either way!