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Help with temperatures for casting bronze sculptures

BRJ - Wednesday, February 20, 2013 - 5:57pm

Its been many years since the last time that I did this and wanted some help with the temperatures, assistance greatly appreciated. I will be doing a solid cast, 3.5kg of silicone bronze into a investment mould.

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Brief Intro and Happy to Enter the Data World of ArtMetal

adomi - Monday, February 18, 2013 - 4:57am

Hi all,

Fellow Sydney-sider here. I used to do metal work back in high school over a decade ago, and to be honest the more about winning lottery passion has not left my system. It has simply been pushed aside deep down somewhere, and now that I have more free time after completing studies, and having a full time job, I can get back into getting my hands dirty with metal work.

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Motown Orchid

Frank Castiglione - Saturday, February 16, 2013 - 2:11pm

Motown Orchid: Said, son you're gonna drive me to drink'n if ya don't stop drive'n that hot rod LincolnThis is my first attempt at a steam punk(ish sculpture.

Motown Brake Line Dance

Frank Castiglione - Saturday, February 16, 2013 - 1:45pm

Motown Brake Line Dance: Yeh, I hoid it true da grape vine.... I received a request from Bonifas a Arts Center for a sculpture donation that will be for an auction May 4.

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Two Greats Pass On

Rich Waugh - Wednesday, February 13, 2013 - 11:22am

I'm sorry to have to report that two of the real greats of metalsmithing just recently passed away. Jack Andrews, author of The New Edge of the Anvil and other books, as well as founder of Skipjack Press, and Brent Kington, longtime Professor of Metalsmithing at Southern Illinois University, are no longer with us. While they may be gone, they will not be forgotten, I'm sure.

Request for Help Making Copper Bullrush

catceefer - Sunday, February 10, 2013 - 1:47pm

Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can make the rounded ends on some copper bull rushes? I have tried two methods

1) Slitting the end of a piece of 10mm pipe in a few places, pressing the ends together to make a taper and brazing the slits back up again. This looked just that: a brazed slit and would need a huge amount of fiing and sanding to shape.

Pewter Repouse and Casting - how to patina pewter

lizapaizis - Thursday, February 7, 2013 - 4:13pm

I recently immigrated from South Africa to America, where I am now enthusiastically setting up my small artisan business again. In South Africa, pewter repouse and casting both are very popular, and I was able to find products used for these crafts easily. I am trying to find a good solution to use to patina pewter - both a black patina and also a copper patina. I was using a weak nitric acid solution for the black patina, and copper sulphate for the copper patina on pewter, but am really not sure where I can track these down here in America.