Check out this 12 minute video of Ford Hallam making a Tsuba.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkhWh19fTG4
James
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Check out this 12 minute video of Ford Hallam making a Tsuba.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkhWh19fTG4
James
That's amazing!Quote:
Originally Posted by Goldsmith
I was was spellbound watching this. Apart from the optical instruments hardly any use of high tech tooling.
I have to confess I needed to look up what a Tsuba was.
What was the metal that he cast in what I assume was water that formed the initial disc Was it a type of bronze?
Much of Ford's ethos is to stick to traditional tools wherever possible - so few power tools, traditional tagane (chisels), abrasives etc.
It may have been copper, might be shibuichi; I'll find out.
Sent him a batch of finely-ground malachite last week for patination experiments :)
The workmanship was fantastic, the arty farty editing had me squirming in my seat.
Another clip of water casting copper and shibuichi here here, there's quite a lot on youtube.
It's been done for a different audience.Quote:
Originally Posted by trialuser
...Almost all Ford.Quote:
[QUOTE=ps_bond;82947]It's been done for a different audience.
:-) yes, more sophisticated than me :-)
I'm sure you took good care with this - malachite dust is pretty toxic, for general info...=:-OQuote:
Originally Posted by ps_bond
Wet ground & (I wore) a full face respirator, worksurface washed down afterwards. Sludge evaporated to dry.
All rock dust is nasty to varying extents.