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I left Andy alone for 5minutes and he made this!!
topps35 -
Saturday, June 14, 2008 - 12:01pm
Sculpture Gallery | forged steel  After leaving Andy to play with a block of 80mm by 50mm square steel bar, the forge and the power hammer, I returned to find he had made a 'flower pod'. He reckons it just happened and that any resemblence to any part of the female anatomy was enrirely co-incidence!! It appears that the sides and the end have folded in onto themselves, we opened the top fold up to reveal a cup shape with a slit at the bottom. The colour was achieved with a brass wire brush on hot metal. Now we need to see if we can do it again! Anyone know any good erotic art dealers/galleies in the uk! Will also post another pic  Its Good
Frank Castiglione -
Saturday, June 14, 2008 - 5:26pm
Damn, five minutes and you came up with this beautiful shape? » reply  Probably more like 2-3 hours
topps35 -
Sunday, June 15, 2008 - 12:44am
Thanks chaps for your comments. It is beautiful and very sensual. Also love the colours, anyone know why a brass brush should make the colours more intense. Being sheet metal based we are only just beginning our journey with forging. Learning and experimenting is so much fun! » reply  Forgerotica
Nic East -
Thursday, June 19, 2008 - 8:07am
This could be a whole new movement in metalworking; Forgerotica. How big was the final piece? In the photo it looks quite large, but you said he started with a 2" x 3" bar? Nic East, Jim Thorpe, PA USA » reply |
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lipping
yes ... you can get some very interesting effects from deliberately lipping the end of a bar by drawing too quickly ...of course most of the time we are trying to avoid it but once in a while the magic occurs ...have fun.