Cone Head Botanical Bottle Stoppers

[Bob in SF]

I was watching an early Cone Heads sketch (Sat. Night Live, 1977, "Cone Heads at Home", Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, Laraine Newman, Elliot Gould, Garrett Morris), and I remembered their head shapes fondly - then recast them as Cone Head Botanical Bottle Stoppers.

Ingredients: PR, dichroic film, mica powders, dried Yellow Yarrow.
Cast at 50psi in 2 steps, as in my other recently posted botanical stoppers.
The silicone cone molds worked well as jam chucks for drilling and tapping.
Then used the stopper mandrel for shaping and polishing.
(Yes - face mask, hand-me-down armor from King Arthur's Court, Kevlar knee pads and boots, astronaut suit):

Happy Tuesday to all - Bob

 

[thewishman]

Beautiful work!

 

[Herb G]

Mebs! Mebs!

 

[MDWine]

DANNGIT BOB!!!

I love that dichroic stuff... film, glass, all of it.
You really set the bar! These are excellent!

Thanks for the inspiration!

 

[wolf creek knives]

Way cool!!!

 

[acmaclaren]

Those look awesome.

 

[Sataro]

Great looking stoppers!

 

[Bob in SF]

Many thanks Chris, Herb, Michael, Tom, Angi, and Billy!

Herb - Mebs! indeed - glad you've mastered the Cone Heads' Remulak language - Beldar, Prymaat, and Connie would be proud of you - and for those who haven't studied it, Mebs! (sometimes written as Meps!) = Darn!

Spin those lathes with smiles - Bob

 

[TonyL]

I am curiously afraid to see what you can up with next . Beautiful work...really extraordinary! You are a modern day Davinci.

 

[Bob in SF]

Heartfelt thanks, Tony - grateful for the kind words - always trying to stretch a little - Bob

 

[WriteON]

Way too nice to part with.

 

[Bob in SF]

Thanks Frank!