Metal Books Exhibition

wall fountain

eligius1427 — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 21:42:09 -0500

Back Cover of Cassandra's Poem Book

bpfink — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 18:52:43 -0600

Back Cover of Cassandra's Poem Book

bpfink — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 18:46:17 -0600

books

Giusseppe — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 12:34:04 -0500

This is part of pile of books made for a school ...

Elizabeth's book, open view

Cassandra — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:26:25 -0500

Here's an open view taken at the shindig...

Page 3

warren — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 01:08:58 -0500

Page three is where the fun begins; I was able to use all types of resources to beat the lizard into shape and still use all of the different metals.

Page 2

warren — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 01:07:58 -0500

Page two is patina red to represent heat. No idea on why a lizard, but it just sprang out from the metal I started welding. The shape of the lizard was meant to be boring and kind of ugly. The lizard is made by using different uses of heat.

Page one

warren — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 01:06:55 -0500

Page one is where the recipes start. The pieces of metal are at their bare color. The flower does not represent anything; it was just a way to arrange the pieces of different metals. The sheet of

Cover top view

warren — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 01:02:08 -0500

On the cover is a sterling silver mixing bowl with a little torch and hammer for the heat and beat support.
The cover is 11 gauge sheet metal with a Birchwood Casey patina. The book is the size of a large three ring binder. The pages are copper and notebook size.

The Cover

warren — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 00:59:46 -0500

Here is my book that I was motivated to create because of the interest of some great folks from this site. When it was suggested that we make a book for the Shindig it really did not interest me too much. But one day there was a cooking show on TV. The lady said to take the ingredients, heat and beat. Well I said to myself I do that with metal. So the idea of making my “Metal Recipes” book for the Shindig was triggered.