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Started by Dark Lightning, September 21, 2018, 12:51:47 AM

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Dave

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Quote from: Dark Lightning on September 22, 2018, 03:34:39 AM
Quote from: Dave on September 22, 2018, 03:09:26 AM
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I am impressed!

Thanks!
That dodecahedron was a real sweetheart to solder together, sitting on the stove in the efficiency apartment I was renting at the time. I was in Florida, and if the summer heat and humidity weren't bad enough, I had to heat ALL the copper to solder the pieces together. Copper is such a good conductor that the thing had to be supported the whole time at each joint, since each new solder joint required enough heat to melt the previously soldered joints. Got a couple of burns before I finally settled on wooden clothespins to hold the previous joints together. Then the clothespins started smoking!  :???: Originally, I was going to bury the thing in beach sand that was saturated with sea salt to start the corrosion process, but carrying a couple of cubic feet of water-saturated sand the 1/4 mile back to my place just wasn't going to happen. I did hang it in the screened-in porch for a couple of weeks, which did get some greenish corrosion started, but then I had to move to new digs, so I just gave up and bought a plastic tote. The patination process took about a week for the bleach, and overnight for the ammonia. NB- if you are using strong ammonia, don't stand directly over a large container that has liquid all the way across the bottom! I nearly fainted from the smell when I opened the tote to inspect the thing. What an ignominious fate that would have been, death by ammonia gas inhalation. I used to work in the HAZMAT business, and if one walks into a strong ammonia atmosphere from a large leak, the ammonia will kill you by robbing the water out of your lungs, and will leave a wizened corpse. yeesh.

I know your struggles all too well, DL! I bought a bag of stainless steel, one piece bent wire, clothes vlips for similat jobs, ocidised iron "lockingbwire" can be useful as well.

I like the idea of natural substances being used to add some quality to the work. Hmm, since copper is, in essence, a 'natural substance" what of using beeswax to mask, clay to insulate and  other natural substances or processes to modify areas in different ways, patinate or etch. Then polish and protect with linseed oil or similar? A cast piese, using charcoal to melt it and a stone mold, would be nice.

In silver work the deliberate heat oxidation of areas, creating a light grey, slightly matt, layer is a decorative process. I used it once to get the darker top surface for a shallow relief dolphin brooch. Had to cast a rough shape first, lots and lots of silver trimmings and filings were generated even so!
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hermes2015

Quote from: Dark Lightning on September 22, 2018, 01:48:04 AM


The patina on both pieces is very nice, especially this one. I see the lacquer did not affect it too much. I like that pale green, powdery effect.
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Dark Lightning

Thanks! It is a matte lacquer designed to not change the way the article looks.

Dave

Quote from: Dark Lightning on September 22, 2018, 03:42:00 PM
Thanks! It is a matte lacquer designed to not change the way the article looks.

Is it the same as the stuff used by photographers to prevent unwanted shine on things?
Tomorrow is precious, don't ruin it by fouling up today.
Passed Monday 10th Dec 2018 age 74

Dark Lightning

Quote from: Dave on September 22, 2018, 03:47:15 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on September 22, 2018, 03:42:00 PM
Thanks! It is a matte lacquer designed to not change the way the article looks.

Is it the same as the stuff used by photographers to prevent unwanted shine on things?

Could be, but I don't know, since I know next to nothing about what photographers use.  :-[ This is what I have-

https://sculptnouveau.com/products/clear-guard

hermes2015

Quote from: Dark Lightning on September 22, 2018, 05:48:10 PM
Quote from: Dave on September 22, 2018, 03:47:15 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on September 22, 2018, 03:42:00 PM
Thanks! It is a matte lacquer designed to not change the way the article looks.

Is it the same as the stuff used by photographers to prevent unwanted shine on things?

Could be, but I don't know, since I know next to nothing about what photographers use.  :-[ This is what I have-

https://sculptnouveau.com/products/clear-guard

Thanks for the info. I checked and it is available here.
"Eventually everything connects - people, ideas, objects. The quality of the connections is the key to quality per se."
― Charles Eames

Dave

Quote from: hermes2015 on September 22, 2018, 06:39:16 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on September 22, 2018, 05:48:10 PM
Quote from: Dave on September 22, 2018, 03:47:15 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on September 22, 2018, 03:42:00 PM
Thanks! It is a matte lacquer designed to not change the way the article looks.

Is it the same as the stuff used by photographers to prevent unwanted shine on things?

Could be, but I don't know, since I know next to nothing about what photographers use.  :-[ This is what I have-

https://sculptnouveau.com/products/clear-guard

Thanks for the info. I checked and it is available here.

Ah, specialist stuff!

Thinking about the photographic matt spray: It would need to be something easily removable, so not tough enough for your purpose.

You have to hunt through the phone screen protectors and nail varnishes with similar names to get to Glear-guard sculptor finish here. Not cheap, about £40 for a litre, or £1+ per flounce. but I guess a litre goes a long way. Compared to the little bottles of special art and fabric protectors Jane buys that is, pro-rata, quite cheap.

I am sometimes wary of things being aimed at niche markets then being given fancy names and high prices, when the local decorator, say, buys a bucket full for a fiver at the trade outlet.
Tomorrow is precious, don't ruin it by fouling up today.
Passed Monday 10th Dec 2018 age 74

Dark Lightning

How "specialist" the stuff is, I'm not certain. I only paid $8 for a can of it. It's up to $13 now! I've probably had that can for about 7 years or so. When I ordered the patinating chemicals (I bought quite a variety of colors, to experiment with) from SculptNouveau, they threw in a can, gratis!

Tank

Love your work. Thank you for sharing.
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Remember, your inability to grasp science is not a valid argument against it.

Dave

Quote from: Dark Lightning on September 22, 2018, 11:29:33 PM
How "specialist" the stuff is, I'm not certain. I only paid $8 for a can of it. It's up to $13 now! I've probably had that can for about 7 years or so. When I ordered the patinating chemicals (I bought quite a variety of colors, to experiment with) from SculptNouveau, they threw in a can, gratis!

I think sculpture counts as a bit of a 'specialist' field, compared to doing the washing up or something! Not noticed that kind of stuff in Tesco recently.

And  I second Tank. Wish I had kept some of the pictures of my silver work.
Tomorrow is precious, don't ruin it by fouling up today.
Passed Monday 10th Dec 2018 age 74

Dark Lightning

Thanks, guys!  :D I have done a lot of woodworking and metal working over the years, but my camera skills basically just suck channel water. I've had people bag on me at woodworking websites about not publishing projects, but it's the camera (in)capability that caused that. I now have a cell phone with stabilization and stuff that helps me take pretty good pictures. Since there is some interest, I will take more and post them! :D I was also into high power rocketry for a while. Here's a piccie of the certification (for me as a Level 1 High Power rocket user- have to have the cert to buy motors) flight. It's a 1/4 scale model of an AIM-120D AMRAAM "Slammer" rocket. AMRAAM meaning Advanced Medium Range Air to Air Missile. Picture taken by some guy in the club whose cameras skillz were orders of magnitude better than mine. It's about 6'-6" long.




Tank

If religions were TV channels atheism is turning the TV off.
"Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt." ― Richard P. Feynman
'It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.' - Terry Pratchett
Remember, your inability to grasp science is not a valid argument against it.

Tank

If religions were TV channels atheism is turning the TV off.
"Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt." ― Richard P. Feynman
'It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.' - Terry Pratchett
Remember, your inability to grasp science is not a valid argument against it.

Dark Lightning

Quote from: Tank on September 25, 2018, 12:34:51 PM
Quote from: Tank on September 25, 2018, 12:33:28 PM
It's a 1/4 scale at 6' 6"!!!
It's half scale at 6'.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIM-120_AMRAAM

That's what I get for believing the guy who sold me the kit!  :-[ I stand corrected.

Dave

Quote from: Dark Lightning on September 25, 2018, 03:27:37 PM
Quote from: Tank on September 25, 2018, 12:34:51 PM
Quote from: Tank on September 25, 2018, 12:33:28 PM
It's a 1/4 scale at 6' 6"!!!
It's half scale at 6'.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIM-120_AMRAAM

That's what I get for believing the guy who sold me the kit!  :-[ I stand corrected.

Kit? Kit!

You mean you didn't hew it by hand, and with the sweat of your brow, from raw materials?

Tsk, you'll be painting by numbers next . . .

:sadshake:

(Was it a scrap job on landing or did it have a decent parachute system? I fitted a parachute release system to a tripled firework rocket when I was still at school - had to drill a hole through the top of one and pass a string through that which held on a spring loaded 'nose cone' containing the parachute (made from genuine surplus parachute material for me by my mum). Problem was  one rocket burned longer, the 'chute dragged behind and got melted! Belatedly thought up a delay mechanism (involving 'Jetex' fuse) but had no more rockets)
Tomorrow is precious, don't ruin it by fouling up today.
Passed Monday 10th Dec 2018 age 74