Posted by Gene Olson on August 20, 1997 at 09:41:17:

In Reply to: Topic: Sketching with clay posted by Chris Ray on August 19, 1997 at 21:57:56:

Chris and all.

: I'm passing along something that Randy McDaniel does when he wants to make some sketches or studies of forged ironwork before committing himself to the real thing. Whenever you want to test out any ideas for forged ironwork then try using some plastilina which you can get at any art store. Modeling wax is also another alternative as well.

This clay/wax approach can be extended to Damascus or Mokume as well. One of the local Damascus makers gets clay of different colours, and lays it up, draws it out, folds it, cuts it, inverts it, and then takes a knife and slices where he would cut and or grind to see what the pattern is doing.

Gene

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