beth Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 a total success with or without that whiskey!! great texture with that chain! all these experiments tho rory - i reckon you got too much time on your hands..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old N Rusty Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Very nice work, and excellent photography. keep it up, Rory! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregDP Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Thats exactly what it is! and another cigar bowl now with %75 more cigar For those that just have to overcompensate out of insecurity! I really enjoy your work. It's great to see some one take advantage of every piece of metal they get they're hands on. Something that's scrap to one person is beautiful to others. Great photography too. Thanks for sharing all your work with the community! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 You are the best bowl maker I have seen in a long time, I bow before your skill! Most of the time I would say the customer is right but it must be a real dunderhead to ask you to remove that beautiful coper patina and put on a black finish instead. <_< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marksnagel Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 Rory, all your work looks great but your Aspen Leaf bowl really impressed me more than the rest. Beautiful. Mark<>< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gayle Brooks Posted May 30, 2011 Author Share Posted May 30, 2011 Thanks! Glad the pics read well. I do put some time in them using a light box and color correcting them. The aspen leaf bowls are popular and the first to sell. Takes about 40 leaves to make a decent size bowl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 Beautiful work Rory, we used to toss piles of #80 chain at the candy company I worked at. If I remember right we may of had some #120 too. Some was single pitch some was double pitch, single, and double wide. Wish I had grabbed more than I did. I may have to call some of my old coworkers to see what they can scrounge for me. How long does a bowl like the Aspen leaves take to make start to finish? How much material does it take? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gayle Brooks Posted June 23, 2011 Author Share Posted June 23, 2011 aspen leaf bowl takes around 4-5 hours. Depending on the size, there's about a couple feet of material in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backwoods Blacksmith Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 What type, style, shape top punch are you using in your sinking operations? I am slowly dragging my way out of the "traditional" blacksmithing and getting into the [gasp]art side. I have done sinking with a hammer. Spoons, ladles etc but want to go deeper and bigger. I will be starting with a treadle hammer and then going hydraulic. Love your work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gayle Brooks Posted July 9, 2011 Author Share Posted July 9, 2011 Thanks! Depends on the material and what I want to do with it. It ranges from a swedge block and hammer, hydraulic press, sometimes going the other direction and forming over a dome instead of sinking the material into a void. To answer you question about tooling it is typically: Swedge block and a hand tool that has a very broad face. Allows me to strike it, sink the material and not leave much of a mark on the bowl. The hydraulic press typically is a 1 1/2" wide shaft on the press with a steel "donut" like shape sitting on the bottom. Placing the flat plate ontop of it and sinking it with the shaft. You get more of a "v" shape than a round inside. And the other way is to weld pieces over a dome, a concept I had heard from Susan Madesci on how she fabs her stuff together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gayle Brooks Posted July 26, 2011 Author Share Posted July 26, 2011 Enjoy! Forged out of some heavy duty chain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gayle Brooks Posted August 14, 2011 Author Share Posted August 14, 2011 Been playing around with the chain some more. I havent uploaded these to my site yet. And some candle holders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 That chain looks great! Nice look the way the link smoosh out. Your candle holders a well done also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gayle Brooks Posted August 17, 2011 Author Share Posted August 17, 2011 Yeah that smoosh was a little gift. I was forging them way to flat, which also made them harder to sink since they cracked easier. Keeping some of the mazz available made it more simple and easier to move. The candle holders were my practice pieces for the catacombs picture frame: I didnt have the heart to throw them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gayle Brooks Posted December 5, 2011 Author Share Posted December 5, 2011 some latest ideas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gayle Brooks Posted December 11, 2011 Author Share Posted December 11, 2011 top shot of the first bowl above This is pretty much as simple as I can get Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gayle Brooks Posted July 15, 2012 Author Share Posted July 15, 2012 Been a while since I have updated this. I have been part of a couple of galleries and recently pushing some art shows. From watching and talking to others I am attempting at patinas. Since most of my bowls are metal that patinas I am not to crazy about. Example are the first 2 I have been testing this out on. thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfootnampa Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 I LIKE those Rory! Texture, patina, form... these are your palette. I am a real fan of textures and patinas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beth Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 hey rory good colours! what have you used - or are they secret recipes? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beth Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 i particularly like the green one... would they be up to staying outdoors? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gayle Brooks Posted July 17, 2012 Author Share Posted July 17, 2012 The green is from sculpt nouveau called "Universal Green" and the "Rust" was from the same company. When I applied it, it was just orange. I dabbed some Red and a little green dots in there. They are growin on me. Thanks for the feed back :) They would probably hold up outside for a while. Like all things eventually would break downhttp://www.sculptnouveau.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beth Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 theyre great - it would be interesting to see what other patinas people use ... thanks rory :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Gaddis Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 I just got tuned into this thread and am enjoying it a whole bunch. Sometime I think I may give my artistic eye a chance to connect with my blacksmithing. Thanks for documenting your work and thanks for sharing it with us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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