[TheForge] ABANA conference

[Chris Worsley]

Chris K,
I add ground corn meal. Heat a chunk of plasticene in the microwave just 
to get it soft but not too hot (it'll burn ya bad) and knead in some 
corn meal. I keep going until the clay is no longer sticky. It also 
gives the material more body, and resistance to the hammering.  I 
generally heat it with a heat gun when working on a piece, and use 
enough to back up the area I am working on with enough mass to keep the 
piece from moving around.

 Chris

Chris Kilpatrick wrote:

>Chris,
>     I wonder if adding talcum powder to the plasticene would make it better for chasing
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>>----- 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
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>>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.
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>>Chris
>>AZ
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>>Jeffrey Polaski wrote:
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>>>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?
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>>>Anyone have more on how he does it? Jeff Polaski
>>>Research and Graduate Studies Webmaster
>>>University of California, Irvine
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>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>>>[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
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>>>I was really impressed with Dadyan's work. He teaches classes too.
>>>http://www.melicdadayanart.com/index2.html
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>>>Steve
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>>>Chris Worsley wrote:
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>>>>Thanks! Good shooting.
>>>>Especially liked the series on repousse.
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>>>>Chris
>>>>AZ
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>>>>Steve Smith wrote:
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>>>>>Ok, you asked for 'em, you got 'em.
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>>>>>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:
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>>>>>http://users.frii.com/sos/Steve/
>>>>>The file name is AbanaAbridged.zip
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>>>>>Steve
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