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I left Andy alone for 5minutes and he made this!!
topps35 -
Saturday, June 14, 2008 - 11:01am
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 - 4:26pm
Damn, five minutes and you came up with this beautiful shape?  Probably more like 2-3 hours
topps35 -
Saturday, June 14, 2008 - 11:44pm
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!  Forgerotica
Nic East -
Thursday, June 19, 2008 - 7:07am
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 |
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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.