Comments on: Lizard Wall Sculpture, hammer-formed brass

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Brass wall sculpture - Steel wall - Wall sculptures — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 15:18:50 +0000

[...] Lizard Wall Sculpture, hammer-formed brass Lizard Wall Sculpture, hammer-formed brass. by shelbyvision on November 16, 2009 . I guess this is repousse, although I do it a little differently than the Lizard Wall Sculpture, hammer-formed brass [...]

By: shelbyvision

shelbyvision — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:15:55 +0000

Thanks Jason. A lot of fancy expensive tools do not make an artist.

By: jasondeck

jasondeck — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:10:19 +0000

It’s incredibly bad ass as always, and I’m continually amazed at the level of mastery you show with the most basic set up.

By: shelbyvision

shelbyvision — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:05:53 +0000

Yep.

By: jason

jason — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:51:32 +0000

Ahh, so you’re sinking it directly into the end grain of the stump?

By: shelbyvision

shelbyvision — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:39:52 +0000

Thanks Jason. No, I’m not using the holes, but rather the solid wood. Yes, I do use a sandbag, and used it some for this piece.
Thanks, Jerry. Yes, it’s something I came up with after discovering how nearly impossible it is to use a normal length stake for this. It actually requires three hands, and I only have two.

By: Jerry Fowler

Jerry Fowler — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:46:38 +0000

I like that idea of putting a small punch in the stump and then working against it. It looks like I will need to try making a small stump and experiment with some copper. Nice looking lizard.

By: jason

jason — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:19:26 +0000

Beautiful work, once again.

In the forming of the legs it looks like you are punching down into the holes of the stump, but I’m not sure how you are forming the body. Are you using the same small round holes? If so how do you keep the elongated body from picking up smiley marks from the hole along the length of the body? Do you ever use sandbags for sinking?