I finally finished my 8 skeleton to skin pieces. Here they are!
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Sunday, March 27, 2011
20 Tiles: Critical Reflection
Overall, I am very pleased with the 20 tiles that I ended up with. I do wish that I had more fabricated pieces and less straight etchings. If I had more time, I would have added more details to the etched tiles, like some pierced designs. I would have also added more solder inlay, perhaps to some deeply etched areas.
I learned a lot making these tiles. The marriage of metal tile's seams started to open up as I was chasing it, so I would have made sure that they were well secured.
I would have liked to incorporate more fold forming, because I really like the look of the finished fold, but when I tried to add multiple folds to the wrought iron fence tile, they collapsed and got smashed.
Everyone seemed to love the quilted chased and repoussed tile,so I would have liked to do one that had some sort of Victorian pattern etched onto it before chasing it, to give it the look of quilted patterned fabric.
I ended up not being crazy about the chased and repoussed lace trim tile, so I would have liked to just chase in more details, to make it look more like lace.
There were only a few tiles that I had specific problems with the final result, and with some time, I could have refined these to be completely happy with them. I found that each of the techniques that we learned were good for different things that I wanted to accomplish, and I could definitely see myself using all of the techniques on future projects.
I learned a lot making these tiles. The marriage of metal tile's seams started to open up as I was chasing it, so I would have made sure that they were well secured.
I would have liked to incorporate more fold forming, because I really like the look of the finished fold, but when I tried to add multiple folds to the wrought iron fence tile, they collapsed and got smashed.
Everyone seemed to love the quilted chased and repoussed tile,so I would have liked to do one that had some sort of Victorian pattern etched onto it before chasing it, to give it the look of quilted patterned fabric.
I ended up not being crazy about the chased and repoussed lace trim tile, so I would have liked to just chase in more details, to make it look more like lace.
There were only a few tiles that I had specific problems with the final result, and with some time, I could have refined these to be completely happy with them. I found that each of the techniques that we learned were good for different things that I wanted to accomplish, and I could definitely see myself using all of the techniques on future projects.
Friday, March 18, 2011
J2 Project 1 Final Images
Here are my final tiles for the first project:
| etching |
| marriage of metal, chasing and repousse |
| etching |
| etching |
| roll print |
| solder inlay |
| chasing and repousse |
| etching |
| fold forming, chasing and repousse |
| etching |
| etching |
| etching |
| etching |
| roll printing, chasing and repousse |
| lamination inlay |
| etching |
| etching |
| etching |
| roll printing, chasing and repousse |
| etching |
| all together |
| in the frame |
Casting Update
I haven't posted any of my progress for the 8 pieces so I'm going to upload them all at once.
Sketches:
Wax Pieces:
Castings:
Sketches:
| assymmetrical |
| symmetrical |
Wax Pieces:
| ready to be invested |
| lots of wax supplies |
Castings:
| notes and measurements |
| all bright and shiny |
Before being cleaned up-
| this is the only part that didn't cast completely |
Sprues removed-
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