Thomas Dean Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 BP0923 Here are some Cala Lilies I made back in the spring for an exhibit of my art work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J W Bennett Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 Beautiful work, I really like the detail in them. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainely,Bob Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Nice work. Interesting texture on the base. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marksnagel Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Really beautiful. How'd you make them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macbruce Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Beautiful work!......What size are they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Dean Posted October 19, 2011 Author Share Posted October 19, 2011 Thanks for the comments, guys. Really means a lot coming from folks who understand the "munipulation of metal" The lilies are made from 3/4"rd bar and range from 10" to 12" tall and 1 3/4" to 2 1/2" dia. The 'spadix' (thinggy in the middle of lily ) is 1/4" rd and textured on a farrier's rasp using a wood mallet. The leaves are made from 1/16" steel sheet (sorry, don't know my guage sizes) with the stems of the leaves from 1/4" rd. The base is 1/2"plate. My dear wife let me use one of the leaves off her Cala Lily to use as a pattern. This was the first thing I made with my newly purchased NC gas forge. Started out just heating up the 3/4" rd bar and playing, chunked the pieces on the floor (scrap area) and came back a week or so later and thought maybe I could salvage them into something.... Bob, as to the texture on the base....dunno how that happened other than something had stuck on the top die of my power hammer! The little "disc" shapes were the results. I saw it on one side and liked it and move around the plate doing the same thing. The center area was left at the original thickness and then dished to stand 1 1/2" tall. Wire buffed all before attaching to base, heat colored, polyurethane fininsh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomN Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Very nice indeed! When we got married my wife had these in her boquet. This has given me an idea for a wedding anniversary present. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Nice work on the lilies, you done good!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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