Category Archives: Art and Exploration

??Today I shall right a list, and write the ordered wrong wrought or randomly runged ramblings into cohesive conundrums knot tied, just tangled a tortured short of order set up quivering awaiting the final Gordian solution as I start my … Continue reading →

I spent some time working on the handle and stopped trying to do the center section of the bowl all in one piece.  It will go faster in smaller chunks. I then took the pattern for the lower part of … Continue reading →

Today I spent some time working on the shape of the ladle spout. This is the shape developed after two anneals, 3 forming cycles.  Almost there. I will probably set it aside now until I have a part to mate … Continue reading →

I had promised to spend some time at Dan Pate’s metal shapers get together so I grabbed the handle, buck and patterns,  took them with, and spent a day making the edges match and jawing. The handle is ready to … Continue reading →

Once the buck is assembled paper patterns can be pulled from it to assist in cutting out and shaping the aluminum skin. Here I have cut out two pieces of Aluminum and started initial forming of the part after cutting … Continue reading →