I am going to finish a Smilodon gem eyed pendant or die trying.
…I am also going to finish a wolf gem eyed pendant or die trying. Going to go carve at that one after Smilodon for maximum fresh eyes. Hopefully it shouldn’t take TOO long…
A friend showed me one of those triple moon rings a while ago, and I said “oh, I could make one of those” So anyway, now myself is daring me to put up or shut up. The first try didn’t come out quite right, but this one is looking pretty good.
We're covering lost wax casting in class now. After messing around with carving wax I've got several burnt fingertips and three 'paper' cuts on my index finger where I'd accidentally pressed it into the back of one of my blades. I also sacrificed one of my soldered irons to the wax but I still don't know what I'm going to make for the class assignment.
Wax carving process using a scalpel, I decided to remove sections from the exterior to reveal the layers from that dip in dip out process from creating the objects form, exposing the inside on the wax replicates the form of the fingerprint which I have embodied into my body of work throughout the module, it adds an interesting element to the exterior and again re-emphasises it’s fragile structure.
If you're new to my tumblr you've probably not seen this process before. I make all of my models for pewter and metal casting by hand. Sometimes it's Monster Clay but my preference is actually for jeweler's wax. I've been carving for at least five or six years now and feel like I'm just now getting really competent at it. This little coelacanth is about an inch and a half long and will be turned into a little freestanding figure and a pendant when done. I've still got a ways to go but all the big shapes are there.
I am trying to make my gf this ring out of resin for our anniversary bc she offhandedly mentioned one time that she would love to have it and I am completely winging it so I have no idea how it’s gonna turn out and I am very afraid that it might be garbage but I am also vibrating with excitement over the Potential