pascalou Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 Hello Here is the description of the work (a bank )I have done some time ago from a disk of 60 cm (24'') Height: approximately 24cm (9 1/2'') Base steel: 3 mm (1/8'') diameter: approximately 24cm (9 1/2'') Now not too much text and pictures only :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finnr Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 Superb!! I love the way the whole thing flows so well!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy seale Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 that looks great !!! now if i only had something to put in it....oh well,nice job,jimmy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianbrazealblacksmith Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 That is excellent! Great idea! Beautiful work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscar C Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 very nice work!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pascalou Posted August 17, 2009 Author Share Posted August 17, 2009 Hello Thank you for your comments Finnra Jimmy Seale brianbrazealblacksmith and Oscar C a lot of associations have a piggy bank (bear ? ) latecomers to meetings or the members who speak coarsely must pay a small coin . Pascal sorry the guy who translates the text is not serious ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill in Oregon Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 Pascalou: You have a wonderful eye for line and texture. The base is almost as amazing as your bruin. Wish you had a YouTube clip of forming the bear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pascalou Posted August 18, 2009 Author Share Posted August 18, 2009 Hello Thank you Bill In what areas there are bears in the United States? Here, in "Pyr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 We have bears in the US in many of the states east of the Mississippi River and most of the Rock Mountain area. Even the state that I live in, Louisiana, has a few bears still wandering around. New Jersey, a highly urbanized state, still has a very few black bears wandering around. The eastren population is mostly the smaller black bear which generally goes something less than 2 meters long (5 to 6 feet) and a little over 110 KG to a max of 160 kg. The middle of the country where the area called the great plains has few bears. In the westren rocky mountains, there are about 1,100 Grizzly bears (Ursus arctos horribilis) with black bears scattered around the also. Our great state of Alaska has a good population of Grizzly bears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 That is a superbly wrought bear bank. Thanks for shearing it with us.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 That is gorgeous Pascal! I like it's Buda like properties. We have most of the bears left in the USA here in Alaska. Black, Brown, Grizzly and Polar. Brown and grizz are the same animal but the brownies are coastal with lots of food while the griz are interior and have to work a lot harder to survive. This means the coastal brownies (Kodiak Brown bear) are significantly larger and less aggressive than griz. We have a black bear living close by, I see sigh every now and then but our Great Pyrenees Mountain dog(s) are enough to make him/er keep his/er distance. We had two Pyrs but lost Buran, the old man this spring. He was 11 1/2 years old. Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill in Oregon Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Pascalou: The last grizzly in Oregon was killed in 1912 near here (southern Oregon). We have abundant black bears, many of which will go well over 200 kg/450 pounds. I hope to go bear hunting in the next couple of weeks after the heat moderates (it will be 104 degrees F today). Two coworkers have killed bears in the past two weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howie Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Wow, that is really nice looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pascalou Posted August 19, 2009 Author Share Posted August 19, 2009 thank you all We have a black bear living close by, I see sigh every now and then but our Great Pyrenees Mountain dog(s) are enough to make him/er keep his/er distance. We had two Pyrs but lost Buran, the old man this spring. He was 11 1/2 years old. Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 I love them too. Ours would probably bring any lost hikers home, they love everyone. Just don't give them the idea you are a threat to their charges, they become purely terrifying if they think you're a threat. The first two are Buran and the last one is Libby. Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecelticforge Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 I loved it! The first thing I thought was "Buddah Bear." Your style is very orginal and I would love to see more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pascalou Posted August 20, 2009 Author Share Posted August 20, 2009 C' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rileyrock Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 Great work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monstermetal Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 It really is beautiful... Im glad this thread pop'd back up as I missed it the first go around.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stamp man Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 When I first read it I thought it said Beer Popper... got to get new glasses. When I click on the photo I thought thats strange ummm you must put the bottle top under the Bear's mouth and pry down...of course I then saw I was way off base. The art work is fantastic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cross Pein Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 Pascalou, I love the bank. I have many questions. How thick was the copper? What do you back it up with when forming? Is it worked hot or cold and annealed often? Thank you for sharing. We may have common ancestors, my surname is Brul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pascalou Posted January 1, 2010 Author Share Posted January 1, 2010 Hello Cross Pein sorry to answer you so late copper is thick 10/10emme (1 mm) in general, I apply : 2 sequences forming + 1 hammering sequence = 1 annealing. thank you Pascal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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