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shanti1971 [2011-01-11 09:05:45 +0000 UTC]
beautiful , are the roots cast bronze ?
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bug-in-my-eye In reply to shanti1971 [2011-01-11 17:49:39 +0000 UTC]
yep :] Ancient bronze oxidized so it wasn't so shiny.
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shanti1971 In reply to bug-in-my-eye [2011-01-11 19:09:25 +0000 UTC]
looks great , ferric nitrate and copper sulfate are great for browns on bronze , it is always good to lay a dark patina on first like potassium polysulphide and then using wire wool rub it off - all that is left is little bits in the recesses of your work when you patina over this say with ferric it creates depth in your work , subtle but there , it would pick up all your detail in the casting - hope you dont mind my knowledge - I ran a foundry for some years and fell in love with the surface and colours of bronze - Beautiful box you made
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bug-in-my-eye In reply to shanti1971 [2011-01-11 22:45:58 +0000 UTC]
I would love to continue to experiment with coloring metal. I think I just used Liver of sulfur for these, and sanded off some parts to shine them up, but I would love to expand on it and play around more. Casting isn't really my favorite thing, because I'm not very good with wax, except in cases like this where it's something more organic than designed by myself. So that too, is something I should experiment more with :]
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bug-in-my-eye In reply to shanti1971 [2011-01-12 08:26:31 +0000 UTC]
yeah these roots were done in wax and done with lost wax casting. There's a lot of potential with it, I just don't have the talent to make what I see in my head out of wax. it's easier for me to work with sheet metal, it seems.
But that's not to say I don't want to get better.
I also want to forge steel and iron more. It's relaxing to hit it into imperfect shapes.
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oasiaris [2010-10-01 19:37:44 +0000 UTC]
This is so beautiful...
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