[TheForge] oil/wax finish,now monument

[mike shpeley]

That's cool Andy as I dig that design and have been been keeping my eye out
for good iron cross ideas in case I were to get a commission for a monument.  
Serendipity I guess. Could be a while as not much of a demand for these any 
more  as 

most cemeteries have this flush with the ground only policy now so the machines 
can 

mow the grass. It would definitely be galvanized if I were to get lucky. I 
notice the silver smiths have some good designs of them but are a bit intricate 
for large work. 

About a decade ago after running into a lot of large concrete and stone Celtic 
monuments in Ireland and no iron ones, it dawned on me all the iron ones had 
rusted out as it was a few thousand years ago when the Celts got converted. The 
first cross monument was probably iron and these concrete and few stone ones 
were  just renditions of them.  So I just had to make a few with mild steel when 

I got back. I  posted a picture of a cross the way I thought the blacksmiths of 
that era could have made them. This one is only 9 inches high.
Mike

----- Original Message ----
From: Andrew Vida <osan at netlabs.net>
To: Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Fri, October 29, 2010 7:47:41 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] oil/wax finish, blackened steel

I uploaded Rosa's monument here:

http://www.photoworks.com/my-photoworks/albums/103506477

Mike Shpley's album.  Sorry Mike, didn't realize it was yours until too 
late.
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