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Diamond Twist Sample - I

Pezzi - Monday, May 31, 2010 - 11:51am
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Diamond Twist Sample - I

This was forged from 3/4" square, with the "rope twist" dies on my power hammer.

* The rope twist is made first, and somewhat tighter than normal.

* Then it is run through the dies again to put a grooved line down the middle, on all four sides.

*Finally it is untwisted so that the diamonds line up as best they can.

I used the rope twist dies on the hammer because I wanted to round the corners of the square stock for a nice soft hand feel.

It is destined to become a grill tool or a small wood stove tool.

-Pezzi


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rope twist

Stephen Fitz-Gerald - Monday, May 31, 2010 - 7:47pm

Stephen Fitz-Gerald
This is lovely Pezzi!
I have some stainless chopsticks with the dimond twist design but instead of hammering the twist square,I GROUNT it so,before untwisting...(my old man's word).
I'll post at some point.


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diamond patterned

tim thomas - Tuesday, July 26, 2011 - 12:18pm

  i am slow  and very visual how do you do this pattern?

  very cool 


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Twist pattern

Stephen Fitz-Gerald - Wednesday, July 27, 2011 - 9:09pm

Stephen Fitz-Gerald
It's easiest to get how it's done if you start with square stock.Get your square stock hot and simply twist it trying to make the twists as even as possible.When you twist square stock it becomes ROUND IN SECTION 9the end view).When cooled use your grinder or reheat and use your hammer (as Pezzi did) and make your twisted part square in section.After this reheat and unwind your twist.What you are left with are these lovely little diamond patterns...

http://ou8nrtist2.deviantart.com/gallery/3052106#/d1j7fb3
Check the set at the far right...


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twist

Stefani - Saturday, July 30, 2011 - 3:06pm

Thanks Stephen for clearing that up. You speak as a visual learner. I love this. Cannot wait to try.


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visual lerner

Stephen Fitz-Gerald - Monday, August 1, 2011 - 9:39am

Stephen Fitz-Gerald
Six years teaching in the Art dept.of U.C.Berkeley in my capacity as SCULPTURE TECHNICIAN is a hard habit to break.I still regularly fall into the show-and-tell mode...Thank you for your forbearance.


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The chopsticks show a

bigfootnampa - Tuesday, August 2, 2011 - 9:29pm

The chopsticks show a variant design. For standard diamond (also called pineapple) twist, as shown in L. Pezzi's example, you twist in one direction then chisel a center groove on each side followed by twisting the other way and chiseling similarly and then you untwist. Many slight variations will alter the texture subtly. As illustrated my Mr. Pezzi with his rope twist dies he achieves a softly rounded top on his diamonds. If you just use a chisel and hammer you will usually have sharper diamond tops but you can soften them a bit with the hammer quite easily.


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