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  • Nami-shibu-ichi

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    When Pat Accorinti floated the idea of creating an alloy with metal clay as a supplement to our demonstration with Mitsubishi’s quick fire copper clay, Kathleen Gordon and I were on board immediately. Pat had read Hadar Jacobson’s blog post about creating an alloy of copper and silver by combining PMC+ with her formulation of…

  • Anodizing Titanium, Tantalum and Niobium: Part 2

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    Another way to create an anodized surface color on titanium is with a kiln Back to heat in a minute…. Last month, my friend and I were looking forward to some serious electrolytic anodization of titanium. We had found her husband’s linear voltage power supply the previous day and had all the necessary supplies gathered…

  • Anodizing Titanium, Tantalum and Niobium: Part 1

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    Anodization of titanium, tantalum and niobium takes advantage of oxidation to create a surface layer on the metals. The surface oxidation refracts light as different colors. These pics are from a one-day anodizing workshop where we colored titanium, tantalum, and niobium. One way to anodize is electrolytically with a DC rectifier, the same type of…

  • Copper from Clay

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    Friends Pat Accorinti, Kathleen Gordon, and I are going to be giving a demo to the local metal clay guild on Feb 21st. The demo will include a hands on session for members to use the new Art Clay World copper clay product. We thought we should try it out first, and here are pics…

  • Wire Sculptures, Part 3: Chunky had some work done

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    Chunky is the name I’d started using in my head for the Pileated Woodpecker steel wire sculpture. Looking at Chunky I realized that some quick modifications to the gut could be made with my hands to slim down the sculpture. I bent the connection point between the legs and modified the long line that ran…

  • Wire Figures, Part 2: Pileated Woodpecker

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    During the second day of Thomas Hill’s wire sculpture workshop, we chose a drawing or photo of an animal to use as a reference. Choosing the drawing or photo has a big part to play in the final outcome. If the photo shows the animal at an angle, only shows parts of the animal, or is…

  • Wire Figures, Part 1: Piranha Skull

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    Last Spring I took a weekend wire sculpture workshop from Thomas Hill at Scintillant Studio, and almost completed a wire outline of a piranha skull. I posted a picture of the skull and the work in progress here. A friend of Tom’s had given him a piranha skull they’d found. The skull was one of…

  • Electroforming – Part 1

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    My friend Susan Shahinian was kind enough to give an in depth demonstration of electroforming to the local metal clay guild, her second time doing so. When I saw the first demo I didn’t take many pictures; this time I did. And, I took note of the equipment needed to electroform, so this first post…

  • Taking Shape: Throw back to the 40s and 50s

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    Last Sunday I spent a couple of hours as a show docent at the ACCI Gallery in Berkeley, California. My piece “The Earth is Our Ashtray” Ashtray is in the show along with the work of over 40 artists from the Metal Arts Guild based in San Francisco. I was very pleased when a friendly…

  • Creating Components

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    In the years since I made a certain filigree component, I forgot which gauge wires I used. I also forgot that I’d annealed several times during the process, an oversight which was easily remedied after the small twisted strands broke a few times and I spent a few seconds thinking about it. Turns out I…