I must admit I quite like the texture from cuttlefish but can't abide the smell.
I do like the texture Elaine and as you say, by now you would give the inside edge a touch with a file. Even as it is I like it for its rugged self. Dennis.
Ahhh of course, silly me!
Purely for entertainment purposes, I thought I'd share my first attempt at delft clay casting this weekend...now this attempt would have impressed me slightly had I been trying to make a weird, misshapen boot...sadly, what I was actually trying to cast was a swallow type bird...I think I may need to make a few changes to the funnel!
James,
not bad for fish.
Hehe that definitely has a boot like appeal to it! I think it's quite cute
Did you read Hans Meevis' recent blog post of delft casting? As always, I'm in awe of his work but I really, really like his tutorials:
http://hansmeevis.blogspot.co.uk/201...t-casting.html
Accurate filing doesn't seem to be something that's taught all that often, more's the pity. I'm forming the impression that filing up would be something that would be expected on most pieces in an apprenticeship - would that be a fair assessment?
I'm currently playing with some patterns for fabricated hollow rings and the only way to get the level of finish I want post-forming (and planishing) involves some surface refinement with files.
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