I left the workshop tonight, fully intending to spend the evening engraving but found, instead, that my bike had a puncture and, worse, that I had packed the wrong pump (Presta not Schrader) in my rucksack, so it took me almost twice as long to get home and now I have no time to engrave... Still, I've got the piece (a part of Future Legend) in the vice, ready for tomorrow, then I am going to have to patch my inner-tube. Bah!

 

The somewhat odd title of this entry comes from a smutty observation made in the workshop today when I was trying out the end-caps for the spheres which will make up the main sections of Fashion:Victim:

 

Fashion:Victim - In Memoriam ALMcQ (WIP 49)

 

I can hear the salubrious saxophone in my head.

Fortunately, I'm fairly sure that these will look quite different when they're finished.

 

Fashion:Victim - In Memoriam ALMcQ (WIP )

 

I've been frantically casting things for this project too. The "claws" for the outside of the sphere The Illusion of Freedom Buys The Power of Destruction are cast:

 

Fashion:Victim - In Memoriam ALMcQ (WIP 47)

 

As are the containers which will hold the recycled rare-earth magnets (from old ultrasonic toothbrush heads) for the catches:

 

Fashion:Victim - In Memoriam ALMcQ (WIP 48)

 

I also finished carving the falcon claw, which I am pretty pleased with, especially as it is hollow and will weigh around 30g when cast:

 

Fashion:Victim - In Memoriam ALMcQ (WIP 52)

 

Fashion:Victim - In Memoriam ALMcQ (WIP 51)

 

Fashion:Victim - In Memoriam ALMcQ (WIP 50)

 

Views: 638

Comment

You need to be a member of crafthaus to add comments!

Join crafthaus

Comment by The Justified Sinner on October 8, 2011 at 6:12pm

Thanks for your generous comment. I have to say that if you look back through these posts, you will see that this is not entirely my own work but rather a restructuring and re-carving of a wax model I extracted from a silicone mould of a pewter model made from a sand-cast mould of a real hawk's foot by a taxidermist! Somewhat removed, you see. You're right, however, all great fun. I actually do enjoy wax-carving, though I nearly always start with a basic model in some other material, such as polymer clay, then take wax forms from that.

Comment by Regina Rose Malone on October 8, 2011 at 12:50pm

I am enamored by your abilities, especially your waxes. I keep fighting it but some day I will have to start casting. Seems as hard as I try I can not always cut, file, grind, etc. everthing into the exact shape of the object I'm trying to make but so far I'm still having fun trying too.

Latest Activity

Aleksandra Vali posted a status
"2023 Fortezza da Basso, Florence, Italy"
Sep 19, 2023
Aleksandra Vali and Letitia Pintilie are now friends
Sep 19, 2023
Catherine Marche liked Rebecca Skeels's discussion streamlining our pages
Feb 3, 2021
Jonathan Leo Brown posted a status
"An art deco inspired ocean liner container with multiple containers."
Nov 9, 2020

Videos

  • Add Videos
  • View All

© 2024   Created by Brigitte Martin.   Powered by

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service