A short note

Most of the photos that I post here I also post on Instagram. Usually a day later – you lovely folk get an exclusive preview here. However, there are some photos that I post over there without posting them here. In particular just now, I am trying to post a drawing every day in October as part of a project called “Inktober”.

During October, I will try to continue posting photos here, but it may slow down a little bit. You can see my Instagram photos and drawings here. If you have an account, feel free to follow me and I will follow you back.

Edit: I have managed to update this website to show a couple of my latest Instagram photos, but I don’t think they will show up if you use an RSS reader.

 

First post

Mushrooms

Stairs

Yellowcraigs

Mornings like these…

Tools

Beach trip

I have just realised that none of the photos in the bronze casting series were clickable. I’m off to fix that now.

The final stages

After the final pour, the Mobile Foundry staff poured the leftover bronze into ingots for reuse. Then they cut the extra bits off the molded pieces.

By this stage, we were running out of time so there was no opportunity to file or otherwise finish our work. We brought the pieces home to finish, but work has slowed since then.

So, here is the shot you’ve all been waiting for; the work as it stands now.

The kids are all delighted with what they have produced, and are gradually filing away at rough edges.

This was a fantastic afternoon, and I would thoroughly recommend it if you get the chance to do a workshop with the Mobile Foundry.

Pouring

Once the kids finished carving the shells, the two halves were clamped together and packed in sand. Then molten brass was poured into each mold.

In total, they filled about eighteen molds over two pours. Once the molds cooked down, they opened them and quenched the metal in a bucket.