Friday, January 21, 2011
Hmmm
Came down with Bronchitis and a nasty sinus infection. This has hindered the physical making of art. However, I have been learning much from YouTube videos on certain aspects of metal forming. I think I have found a new love in form folding. While I haven't had the opportunity to make anything yet, I am astounded at what can happen when you take metal, heat it, bend it, hammer it and allow it to take a natural organic shape. I see this as a long time experiment that I am going to be doing. Once my strength and breathing is back to normal, I am finding this special hammer and doing it!!
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I've been reading your fb messages and aching for you. Glad to know you are on the upswing. Please remember to take the time to truly recover!
Is it Charles Lewis-Brain you're watching for the fold forming? Eager to see what you create!
What is the "special" hammer?
I don't know the name of it, but instead of being round like a ball peen, it's straight across, but all round down so it looks like a long oval? My chasing hammer won't work and neither will the riveting hammer work. Once is too round, the other is too angular. I think I am looking for a raising hammer. Got one I could borrow? :D
I wish I did have one. I wonder if one could be fashioned from a hardware store hammer. hey - there is a hardware store in Seattle that has a lot of jeweler tools, U-District, can't think of the name, old, funky, want-to-spend-the-day-disneyland kind of hardware store. Good prices on tools.
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