Yesterday, Iron Bark Kimono was muscled up a flight of stairs. It was a huffing choked talking push to the landing and a big rest there. It was heavy even with the drawers out of it.
David said, "I now know why it's called Iron Bark."
A step by step up the final flight and there it be under a Jennifer pen and ink.
This trunk is the reason David is looking at the IBK. And why we're drinking champagne at noon from cut crystal.
Today I'm in Canyon, California. DuckDuckGo that.
Ken and Mike are casting some objects. Let me somewhat take you through the process.
Since phones now are more camera then phone, it tells me pictures are more important than words so let me fill this one up with the visuals for y'all.
Ken is making wood or that is how Mike called it. So what we have here is packed sand around the form in a wooden mold.
Ken firing up the kiln.
Baby powder is squirted on top of the bottom layer of the mold to aid in separation of the top layer of the mold.
More sand is put in.
Mike is making a golf putter head!!!! Yes. That's correct. It's like a arrowhead or something related to humans working stone tools. Pretty cool.
Ok, so now they're pounding their molds and no hashtaging that alright?
The two halves are separated to extract the positive to leave the negative.
Ken adding more cut up copper drain pipe to the kiln.
Action Sequence Here! Someone Gif this!
There's more! "Mike! You want me to pour yours now too!!!"
Seeing what's what. What worked, what didn't. Ken, he don't weigh stuff. It's all by feel, and you get what you get. The way it should be. Hell, this is art, not commerce shit. This is old drain pipe, fittings, whatever else Ken sees in his life that is copper. Melt it down, make some thing. Make some thing. Make wood from copper plumbing stuff. Make an arrowhead putter head. It ties us back to the very beginning of metal working. One big long string from then to now.....to today.
The Crucible.
Mike's object along with the flotsam.
Bonus Pic! Ken's front door, well, next to the door.
And tomorrow. Next project.... Jon's mold. I'm hoping to get some blessings from Mary on this so it goes easier than did the Iron Bark Kimono.
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