Baby Sampling

On friday morning we were given the task to make up a response in the steel to a word. The word had to sum up your ideas so i went with Compression. Trouble with the little project was you couldnt use the power hammer so i was kind of on the ropes. Luckily with a little quick thinking and some searching the fly press was set up ready to go.

Had to use some smaller sections under the fly press but they turned out similar as i was going to get. One thing they did help me see is about slicing into the section to really change how they end up looking. I have picked a few i would like to talk about out of the baby selection.

All the babies together

 

This is a small piece of I think it was around 25mm round section with two slices put into it with the bottom fuller. I really like this one because it was the first of a long line of samples to do with slicing into the steel. Something about how some of the lines open up and some closes really adds a whole new level of depth to it for me.

This piece shows off more what I'm talking about. The three cuts all reacted differently, two closed but one of them opened up much wider. I think bringing new factors that I cant explain or duplicate is something i want to do. I am enjoying this so much because i dont know whats going to happen each time, if i can keep that going then this project will be a breeze for me.

This is another close up of the overlapping slices closing. I really like this one because it pushes down hard into the base. I want to try and replicate this idea of the top portion pushing down deep into the bottom. Maybe with quenching techinques i can replicate this process.

Well that was my baby sampling. The Friday Sampling should be up today or tommorow, its a big post so going to take me some time to write it up. Look forward to it people.