I was unable to upload the pdf file with videos in it, it was way too big, so I put the videos on youtube. Please click on the links to access the videos.
Video One : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SulVR8oLQ-4
Video Two : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZT3m_a65l5g
Video Three : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sOT6p3E2C4
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
Tuesday, May 17, 2016
ROCK . MAKING
10 May 2016
When the shape is very close with fitting the waffle model, I started to use the English Wheel to get rid of some bumps I created by hammering and also polish it in a way. However, the English Wheel does distort my shape a bit. So I had re-do some hammering after polishing and smoothing out my surface. I repeated this process for three or four times until the aluminium skin fits the waffle model perfectly.
Annabel and I finished our shape about the same time. We polished our aluminium skin together so it would look very shiny.
ROCK . MAKING
After one lesson time, I managed to bash the aluminium to a point that almost fits the waffle model. The problem at this point was the edges that some are still not there yet. However, I experienced some difficulties trying to bring these edges back to fit the shape. I bash the aluminium in one direction, the end that I have bashed fit the shape but the rest stick out again. I went back and forth and became quite frustrated by this.
Russell showed me this technique which worked very well is to bash the aluminium at the centre against a tree trunk. The point is if you stretch the aluminium from the centre, and then slowly stretching it out at the edges, the aluminium will bend efficiently.
This is another useful technique which Russell showed me and it solved my problem. With the point on my shape still sticking out, Russell told me bash it from left and right which creates a high point in the middle. Then chisel the in middle bit from the centre down. I used this technique along with the first one he showed me, it worked really well.
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