Home / Recent Work / Isabelle ( a mechanical bell), 2017, Bronze and Brass, 9.5" x 15" x 9.5" 80
Post date / 2017

-
10. The stake I used for the next step.
-
11. Using the stake in the previous picture and a straight-peen hammer to one side of the stake, creating a deep crease.
-
12. Progress comes in baby steps.
-
13. Changing the flat top of the head to a nice rounded dome.
-
14. Dome done.
-
15. Bending over where the chin will be.
-
16. Using the hydraulic press to push out the nose.
-
17. With the same stake in the nose, hammering the area around the nose.
-
18. With the stake shown in image #10, hammering on either side of the nose.
-
19. Another stake for the nose, for the process shown in the next image.
-
20. Hammering under the nose, using the stake shown in the previous image.
-
21. The stake I used in the process shown in the next image.
-
22. Hammering in the mouth.
-
23. Another stake, used in the next step.
-
24. Putting in the slits of the closed eyes, hammering using the previously shown stake to support the metal right next to where I'm hammering.