Bob in SF
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I was watching one of these fabulous little guys (Mandarinfish, Synchiropus splendidus, Australia/Western Pacific) at the CA Academy of Sciences:
Tiny light bulb lit up - how about some penimitation (highest form of flattery)?
Steps:
Shibori-dyed some 8 momme Chinese habotai silk with Jacquard silk dyes; then steam fixed the silk in parchment packets.
Cut some acetone-washed copper foil strips; then painted them with Pebeo Vitrail paints, dried for a week.
Adhered the painted copper foil to the dyed silk to make malleable fibro-metallic composites.
Accordion-folded the copper-silk strips, then punched 7.1mm holes through them.
"Threaded" the strips onto sanded and surface-textured Vitrail-painted brass tubes; folded the serpentine strips in a random way.
Tube-in cast the blanks with Douglas and Sturgess PR at 50 psi.
Turned and finished them as usual:
Happy Sunday to all - Bob
PS: I took some pix along the way - glad to post if there's some interest in this little technique.
Tiny light bulb lit up - how about some penimitation (highest form of flattery)?
Steps:
Shibori-dyed some 8 momme Chinese habotai silk with Jacquard silk dyes; then steam fixed the silk in parchment packets.
Cut some acetone-washed copper foil strips; then painted them with Pebeo Vitrail paints, dried for a week.
Adhered the painted copper foil to the dyed silk to make malleable fibro-metallic composites.
Accordion-folded the copper-silk strips, then punched 7.1mm holes through them.
"Threaded" the strips onto sanded and surface-textured Vitrail-painted brass tubes; folded the serpentine strips in a random way.
Tube-in cast the blanks with Douglas and Sturgess PR at 50 psi.
Turned and finished them as usual:
Happy Sunday to all - Bob
PS: I took some pix along the way - glad to post if there's some interest in this little technique.
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