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New Nail Concepts
SteelyJan -
Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - 10:39am
Sculpture Gallery  love working with these cut nails...just welded together this mini horse head but I'm playing with the idea of a complete life sized horse made of nails....would need an inner structure...might make a good summer project as I'm not going anywhere this year....SteelyJan  Wow...good idea Frank....
SteelyJan -
Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - 11:45am
that's something to consider , it would be great not to use too much of an inner structure unless it was something clear like resin or glass....I'm dreaming!!!  Nails
dowpat -
Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - 5:11pm
I made this bowl out of copper and the lid out of the same nails you used. The patina on the copper is a natural fumed ammonia patina. The nails are done with WD40 applied hot in layers until I got the black I wanted. Give it a try, you can get from brown, golden to full black depending on how many layers and how hot you get it. Pat |
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Big Horse
Hi SJ,
I've seen it done with lots of different types of metal things. A horse from cut nails would be great. Lots of work though.Maybe building over a plaster mold that could later be dissolved would work.Kind of like what Stephan does with his beautiful sculptures of women using stainless plug cuts.
Frank