Falconer Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Here's an example of some of my experimenting. I took a 2" schedule 80 pipe and necked it down on a power hammer, teaching a student to make a candlestick holder. The result looked like the end of a scorpions tail...so I just kept going. With the remainder of the pipe I made the spider and Mig'ed on some hair. I mounted the two on a piece of Black Walnut about 50" long. I haven't finished yet. I want to forge a cactus with a copper flower on top to put in between the two. (I love insects and arachnids as sculptural forms...they're like little aliens all around us!!) So what do some of my fellow smiths think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillon Sculpture Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Nice job, you really nailed the gesture of the scorpion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWHII Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Looks really good! Could you give some measurements so I size it up in my mind better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Nice diorama you got going there. That scorpion is really nice looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falconer Posted January 26, 2010 Author Share Posted January 26, 2010 The OA dimensions of the black walnut: 54" X 18" (depth approx. 4") The Scorpion: 16"L X 14"W X 13"H (31" from tip of tail to claws). I added rebar to the body of the scorpion to give it more heft after flattening the body. The spider: 12"L X 14.5"W X 7" H (The spiders abdomen is the original size of the parent stock) Below is my "interpretation of a" preying mantis (17"L X 13"W X 10"H) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 I'd call it "A Twilight Walk" as that is when we see them things here in NM! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWHII Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Thanks for the measurements. Would you be willing to show some pictures of your tooling for your power hammer that you used on these? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falconer Posted January 27, 2010 Author Share Posted January 27, 2010 The power hammer tooling was nothing special. I used a radiused die set to neck down the pipe. I continued hammering with the radiused dies until I pinched off the tail. (That was when it began to look like a scorpions stinger.) When I got to the body I used flat dies to flatten it out. Then I used 1/4" round stock to indent the segments on the body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cbennett0811 Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 Sweet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rileyrock Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 great work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sukellos Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 NICE! How'd you get the ant and the scorpion to hold still while you modelled them in iron? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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