100 pounds of clay - ................ bronze and acid patina........................PHOTO BLOG

Great Job Dan.

Is the frame started yet?

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

That’s pretty awesome, Dan! Thanks for showing the process!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

Frame is not started yet.

Did measure all the tiles. 5.25 wide x 10.5 tall.

Thinking of greene and greene design, but never know where it will end up

Will post the sketchup design in another blog,

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REally great, Dan. Worth waiting fo,r for sure.

-- Thos. Angle

Thanks for the great feedback !

guess I’m on a roll.

Two kilns in a row with no-broken-tiles

This has never happened before. p-clay is my best find in years !

for me it is like throwing 2 yatzees in a row !

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time to go to bed …

sketchup g$g framed

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Tiles are looking cool! I love the frame..really comes together with the frame. Quality Sketchup work as usual!

-- David, South Windsor, CT "I love the smell of sawdust in the morning"

Very nice Dan….great tonal qualities with that patina. Great Sketchup use too….looks like your hooked.

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

Hi Dan;

All kidding aside, these are really beautiful. Amazing transformation. Very quick results, to

Nice, very nice. Thanks for the step by step photos, and product information.

Lee

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Thanks everyone !

Very fun project so far !

I’m on my third kiln load with two more to follow. 70 tiles in all. All hapes and sizes. I’m bronzing a frog tile, castle tile, scarab tile and two landscapes. Will post them as fully bronzed pieces. I’m still looking for the mahogany carvings that belong to them. They’re around here somewhere.

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Welcome tile I have for sale on ebay. Used patina finish same as above, but used shoe polish and a heat gun on top of the bronze patina prior to lacquer. Also used shellac before the lacquer….

Will post the wood carving projects, when I get it cleaned up.

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A great welcome sign. What is you eBay id

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arts-and-crafts-style is my ebay id

click to link

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Looking for feedback on the three photos attached. Three sets of the haunted forest series tiles that I bronzed and acid finished in the last couple days.

link to "project haunted forest":http://lumberjocks.com/projects/1801

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Dan,
Not to veer lightly into profanity on LJ but I will paraphrase what Ahmet Ertegün said upon meeting Ray Charles.
“You know, you are the sh*t.”
I believe that was meant in the most highly complimentary way, the same way I intend it to be taken. Bravo.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

started a batch of 5 frames this weekend. One for the above 6-panel landscape and 4 more for the haunted forest tiles. 3 for the above and a light green porcelain set.

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These are the photos of the six panel in the frame … sanded to 120.
Also a woven wood technique I noticed in the 36 panel door project today.
Hope to add a coat of finish before I go to bed.

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36 panel woven joint detail with finish

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sketchup for the haunted forest pieces

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mahogany carving fr 6 panel

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Wow…really cool project you have here. Thanx for explaining all the details too.

-- Bob Vila would be so proud of you!

Detail fro finished piece and link to more photos

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more acid patina tiles

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Thank you for all these examples and the beautiful works. I was going to make a similar post to Doug’s above but will just get along with a big “ditto” to his post. Very inspiring. Makes me want to be back in art school.

-- Jeff, St. Paul, MN

aged a bit with bronzing wax added

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more tiles from the 100 lbs of clay

experimenting with materials

krylon brown as primer, iron wash coating with tiffany acid patina, brown shoe polish and linseed oil

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Very nice job!

-- jeanmarc manosque france

Thanks Jeanmarc

08/08/2008

photo of another haunted forest landscape tile set made from the 100 pounds of clay

Bronzed acid patina finish on stoneware tiles

this set is a commission piece headed to a, Riverside, California , art collector

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8/16/2008

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Nice work Dan I like it very much. regards Alistair

-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease

Thanks for the nice commet. I enjoy myself >grin<
9/7/08

Most recent completed project. Will post in project area later ….

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the Peggster recommended taking a few with flash 9 8 2008

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couple tiles I’m working on

boot brown with bronze patina

9/12/2008

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9/22/2008

finally used up that 100 ponds of clay. Pressed the last little bit of clay last week.

bought another 100 pounds of clay this weekend. so far 68 tiles are drying.

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Whoops, you did do a blog Dan. I missed this one before. Great explanation of the process. In my favourites list.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

10/11/2008
weekend work …....another version of the bronze finish. This one is green with ground glass used to texture the clay.
glass is pressed into wet clay tile in the mold. then fired to around 2000 degrees
..
frame is quartersawn white and walnut. Glued and un-sanded…. used the famous vinager -steel wool mix and a tiny artist brush to paint into the corners. Will sand and feather back the the black color. The dye and stain etc.

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10 13 2008

ball- peened the back of this bug when clay was tile hard. really tiny brass ball peen jewelers hammer.

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quartersawn white oak and black walnut frame

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Quite a collection Dan. Excellent work.

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I keep busy … grin. Thanks !

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easel is made from walnut, cherry and afrimosa. made two of them last week. no glue. screws, mortice and tenon construction.

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