ArtMetal

Ok, except for the last part of yesterday, all in all, it's been a pretty good experience. However, the bike ride where I was clipped and catapulted over my bike by a old lady and her car, was not so good. I came out remarkable good for having been hit by a car. I think it was only her mirror, as it was all busted up. I remember thinking: I'm hit, helmet*, get out of the road. Other then the expected aches and pains of doing a sudden flip on pavement, the only (I hope) injury I sustained was a bashed and tore up left elbow. It was enough to prevent me from using the arm for anything but the most limited of activates. With that limitation, I came home. I'm hoping to go back Monday, but unless the arm starts healing fast, I think I'll be out of heavy work for the next week. That's ok, I can catch up on my paperwork and some letters I've been meaning to write.

Hi there fellow metalheads,

I wrote awhile back about a book I have a contract to write called 'Welding For Fun & Creativity'...for some reason I lucked out and got the contract with Barnes & Noble (Lark Books who is owned by B&N).

Hi all, An architect asked for some suggestions for a project by the pacific ocean. He wants to clad(decoratively) parts of a high rise with a metal with a mottled brown(bronze) patina. I know that there are some stainless steels that do well around the salty air environment, but can you patina it to look like bronze? How about other materials like aluminum, copper, or actually bronze? Would they hold up in that environment? Once up access will be very limited and they will be outdoors.

I have been modeling small objects in clay, producing silicone rubber moulds and then using the mould for lost wax bronze casting.

I am now looking at casting some 6' sculptures (they will be 1 off's) and am wondering if anyone knows of a cheaper flexible mold than silicone rubber....or are there some additives for silicone rubber that will enable me to paint or spray it on to the mould without it all running on to the floor?