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I have to put a huge thanks out to Fred Zweig for the survival of this series. When my website was accidentally fried into oblivion I was unable to fully recover all the images from this series. However, Fred had downloaded a copy to his computer previously and upon learning of my plight was able to get the entire series to me to restore to the website.

Fred is a fellow metalsmith whose work and goings on you can catch on his blog, http://fredz49.blogspot.com/.

You can also see a piece commissioned for his 30th wedding anniversary, Whorled Flow #638, being created in the same step by step photographic series here.

Again, a big thanks to Fred!!]]> en-us Gallery 2 RSS Module, version 1.1.7 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:11:19 -0400 120 http://davidhuang.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=6370 http://davidhuang.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=911 http://davidhuang.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=6367 http://davidhuang.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=6367
Once the paste wax dries the piece gets a final buff with a soft cloth and here it is, complete at last. It took approximately 3 weeks to create, working full-time. The final dimensions are 12.75" x 13.25" x 13.25". Just looking at the finished product it doesn't seem possible that such a form could be hammered out of a flat sheet, but now you've seen how it happens one little bit at a time. My learning to do this sort of thing also happened a little bit at a time. With my first figurative piece I couldn't even concieve of developing a form such as this, it was more of a high relief reclining body. On my next vessel I pushed it a little more, and then the next a little more still, etc. Eventually I got to where I am now, hopefully with much more development yet ahead of me. Metal is an amazing substance!]]> David Huang photo Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:20:42 -0400 http://davidhuang.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=6364 http://davidhuang.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=6364
Once the paste wax dries the piece gets a final buff with a soft cloth and here it is, complete at last. It took approximately 3 weeks to create, working full-time. The final dimensions are 12.75" x 13.25" x 13.25". Just looking at the finished product it doesn't seem possible that such a form could be hammered out of a flat sheet, but now you've seen how it happens one little bit at a time. My learning to do this sort of thing also happened a little bit at a time. With my first figurative piece I couldn't even concieve of developing a form such as this, it was more of a high relief reclining body. On my next vessel I pushed it a little more, and then the next a little more still, etc. Eventually I got to where I am now, hopefully with much more development yet ahead of me. Metal is an amazing substance!]]> David Huang photo Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:20:42 -0400 http://davidhuang.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=6361 http://davidhuang.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=6361
Once the paste wax dries the piece gets a final buff with a soft cloth and here it is, complete at last. It took approximately 3 weeks to create, working full-time. The final dimensions are 12.75" x 13.25" x 13.25". Just looking at the finished product it doesn't seem possible that such a form could be hammered out of a flat sheet, but now you've seen how it happens one little bit at a time. My learning to do this sort of thing also happened a little bit at a time. With my first figurative piece I couldn't even concieve of developing a form such as this, it was more of a high relief reclining body. On my next vessel I pushed it a little more, and then the next a little more still, etc. Eventually I got to where I am now, hopefully with much more development yet ahead of me. Metal is an amazing substance!]]> David Huang photo Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:20:42 -0400 http://davidhuang.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=6358 http://davidhuang.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=6358
Once the paste wax dries the piece gets a final buff with a soft cloth and here it is, complete at last. It took approximately 3 weeks to create, working full-time. The final dimensions are 12.75" x 13.25" x 13.25". Just looking at the finished product it doesn't seem possible that such a form could be hammered out of a flat sheet, but now you've seen how it happens one little bit at a time. My learning to do this sort of thing also happened a little bit at a time. With my first figurative piece I couldn't even concieve of developing a form such as this, it was more of a high relief reclining body. On my next vessel I pushed it a little more, and then the next a little more still, etc. Eventually I got to where I am now, hopefully with much more development yet ahead of me. Metal is an amazing substance!]]> David Huang photo Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:20:42 -0400 http://davidhuang.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=6355 http://davidhuang.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=6355
Once the paste wax dries the piece gets a final buff with a soft cloth and here it is, complete at last. It took approximately 3 weeks to create, working full-time. The final dimensions are 12.75" x 13.25" x 13.25". Just looking at the finished product it doesn't seem possible that such a form could be hammered out of a flat sheet, but now you've seen how it happens one little bit at a time. My learning to do this sort of thing also happened a little bit at a time. With my first figurative piece I couldn't even concieve of developing a form such as this, it was more of a high relief reclining body. On my next vessel I pushed it a little more, and then the next a little more still, etc. Eventually I got to where I am now, hopefully with much more development yet ahead of me. Metal is an amazing substance!]]> David Huang photo Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:20:42 -0400 http://davidhuang.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=6349 http://davidhuang.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=6349
Once the paste wax dries the piece gets a final buff with a soft cloth and here it is, complete at last. It took approximately 3 weeks to create, working full-time. The final dimensions are 12.75" x 13.25" x 13.25". Just looking at the finished product it doesn't seem possible that such a form could be hammered out of a flat sheet, but now you've seen how it happens one little bit at a time. My learning to do this sort of thing also happened a little bit at a time. With my first figurative piece I couldn't even concieve of developing a form such as this, it was more of a high relief reclining body. On my next vessel I pushed it a little more, and then the next a little more still, etc. Eventually I got to where I am now, hopefully with much more development yet ahead of me. Metal is an amazing substance!]]> David Huang photo Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:20:42 -0400 http://davidhuang.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=6328 http://davidhuang.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=6328
Finally I apply a layer of paste wax to the piece. I don't generally apply gold leaf to these figurative pieces, so I waxed the interior as well. In this photo you can see how the patina looks much darker when the wax is initially brushed on. After it dries the colors get lighter again, unless I heated the piece and applied the wax hot. I wanted the lighter color so this is a cold wax application.]]> David Huang photo Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:06:05 -0400 http://davidhuang.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=6326 http://davidhuang.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=6326
Here's a close up after adding a few accents. She seems much more alive to me after this little change.]]> David Huang photo Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:05:22 -0400 http://davidhuang.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=6324 http://davidhuang.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=6324
Here's a close up before the colored pencil work.]]> David Huang photo Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:05:22 -0400 http://davidhuang.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=6322 http://davidhuang.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=6322
The eyes are one of the most important sections of these pieces. I didn't feel like the light and shadows created from the form of the metal was enough to make them alive. To give them a little spark I pulled out the Prismacolor pencils and added a few small, but important, touches.]]> David Huang photo Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:05:22 -0400