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patinaOwl Weathervane
QuiQue -
Sunday, June 1, 2008 - 11:47pm
Blacksmithing Architectural Gallery | architectural | copper | gold leaf | Outdoor | patina
This owl weathervane was commissioned for the UNC-Chapel Hill Humanities Department. The owl has a stainless steel strap skeletal structure with individually formed copper sections riveted to the stainless structure. The front half of the copper tree limb (pointer) was filled with molten lead to add a counterweight to balance out the weight distribution so the wind pointer could rotate properly. The compass rose was cnc plasma cut out or 1/4" thick naval brass. The letters were gold leafed. The central axis section was made of stainless steel. The eyes were hand blown glass by a local glassblower. » read more | 5 comments wind vane finish
eligius1427 -
Friday, May 30, 2008 - 4:39pm
patina | steel | wind vane Hi all, I coming to the end of a giant windvane project and would like some input about the finish. The client chose the look of a blued steel finish with an orange rust patina randomly placed throughout and a clear top coat. My concern is that this vane goes on top of a house out in the country and is surrounded by fields which for at least 4 months out of the year could have a sandblasting effect on the vane. I am also worried that the rusting patina won't fully stop rusting. I have been considering having the vane powdercoated or professionally painted black, or blueblack, and then use guilders paste to give the patina effect. I would then clear coat the whole thing for extra protection. I can't change the materials(mild steel) and it goes on a giant house(thus the size to keep in scale). I think the closest one could get and still see it, without getting on the roof, would be 90-120 feet. Since it's going to be hard to see any small details I'm beginning to lean more towards a faux finish with more protection than the real deal. What do you think? Wing and a Prayer
Kotah Gallery -
Monday, May 5, 2008 - 10:33pm
Sculpture Gallery | copper oxide | patina | steel
fantasy flower
B.J. Severtson -
Wednesday, March 19, 2008 - 5:59pm
Repousse & Chasing Copper flowers | copper foldforming | patina | Other Metal Gallery
Fantacy Flower
B.J. Severtson -
Wednesday, March 19, 2008 - 5:44pm
Repousse & Chasing Copper flowers | copper foldforming | patina | Other Metal Gallery
Steel finishing question
Rob Sigafoos -
Friday, December 14, 2007 - 12:04pm
patina | steel Some friends recently pulled what looks like an old operating shaft from a tractor out of and old well on their property. It is a 1" diameter round steel shaft (heavily rusted) with some hardware on one end. I would like to use the hardware end as a base and forge some (yet to be determined) sculptural shape on the other end. I would like to keep the rusted patina on the hardware (base) end and transition to a wire brush finish with a lacquer finish on the forged end. This will be a relatively small piece for indoors. How should I treat the rusted end? Should I just leave it as is, or try to put a lacquer finish over the whole thing? Should I consider a completely different approach? red copper patina
Cassandra -
Saturday, November 24, 2007 - 5:26pm
copper | patina | red Hi all, it's been awhile. Am working with some copper to try to create a decent red patina. Have occasionally done this by accident but not sure how to duplicate it. May experiment with some flame painting, but would like to know if anyone knows of a chemical that would bring out the red in the copper with some heat added? Greens and teals are not so tough, but red escapes me. I need help with treating my metal art surfaces-anyone have experience or resources regarding mixing colors with lacquer?
mosesralph -
Thursday, November 22, 2007 - 6:45pm
lacquer | lacquer colors | patina | rust | rust prevention I create metal flowers. I want to add color to the flower petals with something that will delay the natural rusting process. I know lacquer will serve the purpose but I want to add subtle color to the lacquer and cannot identify a resource for the type of color additive that would work with lacquer on metal left outdoors fluted, fold formed, copper, shallow bowl, line folds
B.J. Severtson -
Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 6:34pm
copper bowls | copper foldforming | copper press work | patina | Other Metal Gallery
Patination of sterling (NEW pics included)
Janice Fowler -
Thursday, October 25, 2007 - 10:15am
Jewelry patina I just read an older blog entry about patinas and there were some comments about sterling and the general idea that one could really only get grey to black. I'd like to share a different perspective. |
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