Wednesday, September 17, 2014

staying on task


I finished the model this morning.

layers added for the mound in the center

carved into shape

Then I cleaned up my work space and went to pick up the next set of frames for the botanicas but she hadn't finished putting on the mounting devices yet. I had thought the next thing I would do is grind off the excess glass on two of the first three botanicas. One we just re-fired but we haven't gotten around to doing that for these two.

Since I don't have a loose grit flat lap or (slurry grinder as some people call it), I was going to do it the old fashioned way with a piece of heavy glass as my plate and 60 mesh aluminum oxide (it would be better if I had silicon carbide) and just make a slurry on the glass plate and rotate my cast pieces in circles until I've taken off enough.

But it's raining today, an unexpected rainy day. In fact, the sun was shining when it started raining. Anyway, I didn't want to go out and open the shop in the rain although I should have as sometimes there is water in there after a rain and we want to see where it's coming from.

So now, I guess I'm going to get out my model making stuff again and start on the next one. No matter. Now I have a good clean work space to start with. I have two more images picked out and need to pick a new, last, one since I abandoned the one I had been working on. Abandoned and destroyed, used it's base block on this one just completed. I love the picture but I couldn't capture it.

finished model




14 comments:

  1. Very cool. I guess you're working in your new space now?
    Very dry here; I wish it was raining.

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  2. I cannot imagine most of what you are doing, but sure do admire it.

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  3. It looks great. One of the shavings in the top image looks as if it's a winged insect or bird hovering over the flower.

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  4. Amazing when finished, I hate it when the roof leaks. Been trying to find one at the cabin but it is all closed in. Maybe next year.

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  5. I like your self-effacement, too. You rock, girl. God bless you.

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  6. Didn't you once say you admired the SHIT out of my wax-working skills? Back at ya in spades!

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  7. I would love to be there and watch what you do step by step as I have never seen this process and the textures that you have created are lovely.

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  8. For some reason I want a cup of coffee when I look at your art.

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