Randy Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Here's my latest solid bronze belt buckle. Done on the press and the tooling I made to produce it. Front: Showing depth: And the steel tooling: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfootnampa Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 I mean I HATE skulls... but man that is some cool work anyway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gayle Brooks Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Randy did you sink the skull tooling into a plate and then press the bronze into that? Or press the skulls from the back of the plate? Looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fe-Wood Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Randy did you sink the skull tooling into a plate and then press the bronze into that? Or press the skulls from the back of the plate? Looks great! I want to know how you did it to. I'm guessing they were pressed into a plate then the bronze pressed over the relief of them. Couldn't get the detail otherwise. Nice work Randy- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 That is wicked cool Randy and I'm no fan of skulls accesorizings. Please clue us in on your technique and tooling it has soooo much potential. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Posted April 23, 2012 Author Share Posted April 23, 2012 Thanks, all. Yes, the tooling was pressed into a plate and then the hot bronze was pushed into the plate. That's pretty much how most of my dies are made. It amazes me the amount of detail and depth I can get with this, too. The more detail/time you put into the tooling the more detail you'll have in your finished piece. I've also done buckles with flying anvils, waves, tire tread running across them and a cheshire cats' head. I designed and get the backing laser cut out of stainless and silver solder them on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Thanks Randy, worth a try for sure. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Oh, he's just an Aztec at heart. I have been doing animal bones in my cast iron and bronze sculpture for years but have refrained from doing skulls because of the hue and cry it raises from my wife so I'm thinking of using animal skulls. That is a really fine looking buckle to my mind, you done good! :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Posted April 26, 2012 Author Share Posted April 26, 2012 I'm not a big fan of skulls either. Now I'm having trouble looking at someone with out seeing the skull in their head. :blink: But the interest is there so why not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ablenumbersix Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 well I am a big fan of skulls and belt buckles, and I think its pretty xxxxxxxx cool... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beth Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 i am amazed and bewildered why so many of you dont like skulls???? whats not to like??!! the skull is an icon, and an incredibely powerful image - Love it randy, and the tools look just as cool as the finished item, for me :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironstein Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Awesome work! (null) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_m Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 That came out great Randy, makes me even more excited for getting the press built. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kustomsteel Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Yes! Such a cool buckle, the layout of the skulls is really pleasing and the tooling makes nice little sculptures themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 I think the image of using human skulls and bones has, at least since the West has been Christianized, been associated with that which is bad. Skull and cross bones for pirates, on poison or dangerous chemicals for causing death and then there were all the pagan cults that used human remains for supposed evil purposes and sacrifice. I think the stigma of evil has just hung on especially in English culture but not so in Mexican culture which in large part has many hold overs from Aztec ancestry. As for myself I am fascinated by bones much like the great English sculptor Henry Moore was, bones just have some truly wonder shapes to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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