Home / Recent Work / Upton O'Good, 2017, Brass and Wood, 7.5" x 15" x 3.5" / Upton O'Good, how it was made 28
Creation date / 2017 / All
- 28. The piece of wood I used was soft and crumbly, so I treated it with epoxy. Here I am pouring it on. I then used a brush to get every bit covered. The epoxy soaks into the soft porous wood and when it sets up, it's rock hard.
- 27. All done, except for polishing and patina.
- 26. Making the point of his hat curl to one side.
- 25. Using a tiny cross-peen hammer to make the hair texture of the beard.
- 24. Smoothing out the side of his face. There were many, many other chasing operations with many different tools; I have only shown a few here.
- 23. Defining his teeth.
- 22. Using a lining tool to make the edge of his hood around his face.
- 21. Using a slightly domed punch to shape the beard and make it come to a point.
- 20. Now with the piece filled with wax, it's stuck into more wax on a tray. Here I am with a punch undercutting the chin/beard.
- 19. Now with the seam soldered it's time to start chasing in the details from the outside. I have filled it with microcrystalline wax.
- 18. Silver soldering of the seam complete.
- 17. Silver-soldering the seam, first stage. It took three stages to get it all done. The part on left I left open on purpose.
- 16. planishing the inside curve (anticlastic) and getting the seam closed up.
- 13. That's much better. Now I can proceed to closing up the seam.
- 12. Not a perfect match-up in back. I have drawn lines to guide cutting off metal to make the two sides match up.