[TheForge] ABANA conference

[Chris Kilpatrick]

Chris,
     I wonder if adding talcum powder to the plasticene would make it better for chasing

-Chris K.

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Worsley" <cpworsley at cox.net>
> To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] ABANA conference
> Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 13:00:57 -0700
> 
> 
> Jeff,
> It looks like he uses plasticene, an oil based modeling clay. The 
> kind I think he uses is white, and there are some small pieces on 
> the table in some of the pictures that have been posted.
> One of the students (Frank) on his website has some on his table too.
> Using plasticene or plastilene lets you work a lot quicker because 
> you don't have to deal with the heating of pitch and the cleaning 
> off of the piece each time you switch to the other side.
> When you use something other than pitch, annealing more often is 
> very important. I have found that you have to have the copper as 
> soft as possible for as long as possible when using the clay. It 
> (clay) does not get as hard as the pitch and offers less resistance 
> to the tools.  I was amazed by the detail he gets with clay. I 
> switch to pitch for that kind of tiny detail at the end of the 
> process.
> 
> Chris
> AZ
> 
> Jeffrey Polaski wrote:
> 
> > Wow. That's some incredible stuff. It says he doesn't use pitch. 
> > I wonder if he uses anything for a backing
> > material. On the "How It's Done" page the work looks like it elevated,
> > with a block of something under it. Does anyone know what that block is?
> >
> >
> > Anyone have more on how he does it? Jeff Polaski
> > Research and Graduate Studies Webmaster
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> > -----Original Message-----
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> > [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Steve Smith
> > Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 7:33 PM
> > To: Sponsored by ABANA
> > Subject: Re: [TheForge] ABANA conference
> >
> > I was really impressed with Dadyan's work. He teaches classes too.
> > http://www.melicdadayanart.com/index2.html
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > Chris Worsley wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >> Thanks! Good shooting.
> >> Especially liked the series on repousse.
> >>
> >> Chris
> >> AZ
> >>
> >> Steve Smith wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> Ok, you asked for 'em, you got 'em.
> >>>
> >>> I put a selection of the photos I took on my web page. I shrank 
> >>> all the photos and compressed the directory--it is now only 
> >>> 5Meg. You'll really wish you had broadband if you don't:
> >>>
> >>> http://users.frii.com/sos/Steve/
> >>> The file name is AbanaAbridged.zip
> >>>
> >>> Steve
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
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