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How to make a sculpture out of coins...?
I'm busy making a sculpture out of coins and after posting on
rec.crafts.metalworking and alt.sculpture they gave me the idea to use silver solder. I have 6 months experience as a jewler so i'm not a complete newbie but i am abit rusty....below is a description i posted on both forums. Now i'm coming here to find out more about what i will need in terms of small tools and techniques to continue with this project. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Original Post "How to make a sculpture out of coins...?" I am doing an art piece and need to make a pair of lifesize hands. Initially i was going to cast in bronze but recently I've had an idea to make this out of lots of coins Ok, imagine the fingers made from varoius sized coins joined together (welded....drilled and wired...???) in a cylinder.... these cylinders would continue until the wrist and where the flat top and palm of the hands were, could be filled in with metal of some sort. From the wrist down could be two of these welded cylinders next to each other and also filled in with metal(solder). Any ideas what to fill in gaps with....? My problems are : how can i bond the coins together...? what infill too use...? how to make it strong? It is tricky because all the coins are made from different metals...so i think welding would be impossible. The piece is going to part of a display that sees 65000 visitors every year, so it has to be very durable. I've been thinking of drilling holes in the coins before hand and then threading a wire through from the tip of the finger through to the wrist....so i'd have 5 strands coming together. It would be cool if the fingers could move slightly at the joints ,as it is going to be an interactive....but it still has to be super strong so doing this is not so important...a static piece would be alright. What wire....maybe some sort of cable...? I've also been thinking of possibly shaping the coins beforehand ....what would be the best way to do this....? And when the piece was roughly made how would you model the shape abit more....? It does not have to be perfect....and gaps will be ok. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- What advice given was : use euros...not punnishable by hanging as i am in the UK. Use silver solder Good Luck!! Many Thanks |
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How to make a sculpture out of coins...?
Silver solder involves some heat. Enough heat to melt many of the coins if
you apply it too long. Non-Acid electronics solder would work and is lower temperature than most silver solder. To bend a coin you can use a mallet and a wood form (dowel) of the size needed for your arc. Or clamp in a vise (padded jaws) and used pliers (padded jaws). Applying the right amount of heat at this stage can also help prevent cracks and fractures in certain metals. For joints, it may be a bit involved but hinge pins (rivets) can be used to accomodate movement and wold hold up very well. Or your cable idea would work as well. Greg wrote in message ... I'm busy making a sculpture out of coins and after posting on rec.crafts.metalworking and alt.sculpture they gave me the idea to use silver solder. I have 6 months experience as a jewler so i'm not a complete newbie but i am abit rusty....below is a description i posted on both forums. Now i'm coming here to find out more about what i will need in terms of small tools and techniques to continue with this project. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Original Post "How to make a sculpture out of coins...?" I am doing an art piece and need to make a pair of lifesize hands. Initially i was going to cast in bronze but recently I've had an idea to make this out of lots of coins Ok, imagine the fingers made from varoius sized coins joined together (welded....drilled and wired...???) in a cylinder.... these cylinders would continue until the wrist and where the flat top and palm of the hands were, could be filled in with metal of some sort. From the wrist down could be two of these welded cylinders next to each other and also filled in with metal(solder). Any ideas what to fill in gaps with....? My problems are : how can i bond the coins together...? what infill too use...? how to make it strong? It is tricky because all the coins are made from different metals...so i think welding would be impossible. The piece is going to part of a display that sees 65000 visitors every year, so it has to be very durable. I've been thinking of drilling holes in the coins before hand and then threading a wire through from the tip of the finger through to the wrist....so i'd have 5 strands coming together. It would be cool if the fingers could move slightly at the joints ,as it is going to be an interactive....but it still has to be super strong so doing this is not so important...a static piece would be alright. What wire....maybe some sort of cable...? I've also been thinking of possibly shaping the coins beforehand ....what would be the best way to do this....? And when the piece was roughly made how would you model the shape abit more....? It does not have to be perfect....and gaps will be ok. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- What advice given was : use euros...not punnishable by hanging as i am in the UK. Use silver solder Good Luck!! Many Thanks |
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