thats what you get with so much sterling. shiny indeed.

I felt cind a down when i designed it. realy chaotic. you know the feeling when you got to many thoughts spinning through your head.

the shape haze been hamered and chased out of two halfs of of 1.2 mm sheet sterling silver. its about 20 cm high.
I firt hamered& solderd the hole head and then sawn it to pieces. after that I closed some of the bloks and fixed the hinges.

in the middle rest a 40mm round rock cristal witch can be moved to a higher level when opend couse its louse.

maybe in the end it turned out to be just a box for a christal ball(maybe I need to look for a psychic who's looking for a relic. might be a good market ;)

greetz

no its sterling($=you bet...:-s), forged, chased then fabricated

the stone is rock christal.

i always like to come up with new looks for old technickes

if you like I can post some pics of the building proces but is still need to get this poasting thing down a bit, because my last pic also showed up as a seperate poast.

that wil have to weight till tomorow. its almost midnight in the netherlands and i have a lot of hamering to do in the morning.

fast reply's, nice.

cu, ambition

deepening: deepening the two basic sheets out of 1.2 mm sterling

chassiing: chassing the two halfs in pitch. note the halfscale moddel I made earlyer in copper(also chased from two halfs).thinkin of fixing it on a walking stik or something

final shaping: here im shapping the two halfs after soldering them together. its greet to finaly see the piece as a hole. sud these pics are made at the craftschool in schoonhoven where i study silversmithing

sawing: after doing my first buste I thought I'd try brainsurgery. I performed a skull lift using a jewler saw chopping up my creation for good(have to admid, it hurts a litle ) the head is now sawn into five piecses.

finel fabrication: now I fabricated all the pieces and made hinges(hinges =moving parts, like a door.don't think i spelled that wright.) from scratch. this pic is made at the forge of my good friend and master willem jonkers III where I dit some overhoures to meet the deadlinge. after that I finished it with pumice stone(bit primetive but it works the best for an even surfice. try it) sandpaper and then policing. later i fixed the wooden stand this piece was one of my exame pieces for fabricating in silversmithing. well I hoped you injoyed the posts of the workinprogres pics bill & the others. if you have anny qeustions or comnts i'd love to hear them. good night to you all, ambition

"Hammacher Schlemmer" is a now defunct up scale department store. Famous during their day for over the top decadence.
What comes to mind is the phrase from a folk song with the words just slightly changed " Well let me tell you of this sculpture, my good friend. It'll make your poor eyes pop. It's Sterling silver round and round, with a real crystal ball on top." "Hammecher Schlemmer" would have sold such a sculpture. Could greed or decadence be the inner demon? or
"Soccer Mom" Cause she's screaming "Ok ladies circle up those mini vans!" I met her once, scared me.
Flour, oatmeal, brown sugar and vanilla are the four ingredients to oatmeal cookies. Without fire they are goo. After fire, gone. All in fun anneal often Brad

wow
complicated one. what is the title of the original folk song b.j.?
Hammacher Schlemmer has a bit of a german tune to it. maybe its because i'm on the other side of the world but it doesn't ring a bell. thanks anyway. think ill google the lyrics.

grtz ambition

"from the four ellements water, wind, earth and fire mankind stole only one from the gods.

fire

and with whe forged our will upon this world"

" A Dying Business" by Chad Mitchel Trio. As I remember it the Hammacher Schlemmer reference was a spoken introduction. Went some thing like this
"Hammacher Schlemmer was selling a shelter
worthy of Kubla Khan's dome.
It was posh and swanky with no hanky panky
the kind an affluent Yankee could really call home."
Actually nameing your piece brings questions to mind.
Which inner deamon? what is it screaming. Why sterling?
How does it shape relate to what it contains. What goes into those other compartments?
on a similiar thought: In stainless and much larger this might make an excellent backyard grill. I must be getting hungry. All in fun. I do appreciate your efforts and your craftsmanship. Bravo well done. hammer on something Brad

like i said, my thoughts where quite dark at the time I designd this.
thoughts and the way our mind proceses them where the general theme. being in conflict with youre own thoughts. people can look quite at peace and hole from the outside but what goes on inside remains unseen.
maybe its just a feeling I try to expres but can't find the words for.

other titles that came to mind where

The enlightment of a cristal clear mind - as in to look for ballance in clear thoughts instead of inner conflict

and "its all in your head" - maybe there realy is no spoon, nothing out there, only thoughts, in here. perseption is everything.

inner deamon stands for a combination of the two I think

sleep well, ambition

"from the four ellements water, wind, earth and fire mankind stole only one from the gods.

fire

and with whe forged our will upon this world"

In a word the thought process you are describing is a process called sublimation. Perhaps the minds best defence mechanism. check out sublimation on "changing minds .org." And according to one source your art may be the best way to work them through. interesting stuff, make art drive other people crazy. Anneal often Brad