Blue Flax

Enamel on 3 3/16" copper round. I'm very happy with how this one turned out. The colors come from Ferro Sunshine Enamel mixed with Thompson A-3 holding agent; the background is Thompson Titanium white. I lowered the temperature of the kiln just a little bit to 1420F and fired the round for 1 1/2 minutes.

Enamel goose

Canada Goose.
Enamel on copper. The goose was first fashioned with copper wire fused to the first layer of enamel then enamel placed into the cavity formed by the wire. The technique is called Cloisonné.

Someday it will snow

I'm really looking forward for some snow. Right now all we have are forest fires. I made this talisman to help put out the fires and bring on the snow. It's a 3" enamel on copper snowman at night. It's not perfect but it's very close to what I had in mind. The copper still bowed even though I put 3 layers of counter enamel on.

The colors! Look at the colors!

My first attempt at the 3" round didn't go very well so I decided to practice with the smaller oval pieces before attempting the 3" round again. I think they turned out well.

Never forget

Matthew Shepard died 22 years ago today from injuries he suffered five days earlier in a brutal hate crime in Laramie Wyoming. I will NEVER forget !



 

Let's try an experiment

I made this 3" enameled copper round for practice and to play with the colors.

This is what my lab/studio looks like right now.

We have owls

I made these enamel owls on 3" copper rounds. The one on the left is the first owl I made; I was trying to let the copper be part of the owls color. The one on the right is my second attempt at an owl.

I'm thinking I might be trying to take on too much as a novice. Maybe I should try some simpler subjects.

More bison

I made this enamel bison on a 3" copper round. This was my second attempt. I used powdered enamel fired at 1455 Fahrenheit. There are some small issues with it but I'm very pleased with the outcome.

Lincoln's busted

I downloaded a 3D model of a bust of Abraham Lincoln from Thingiverse.com and printed it on my 3D printer. It took 4 hours to print. It turned out really well.

I tried using the lost wax method to make a brass casting of the bust but it didn't go well. Oh well, live and learn.

The Deathly Hallow

I tried carving in wax today. I can't draw a round circle even when using a compass.

I made a mold from Amazing Mold Putty then cast the pendent in pewter.

Things didn't go perfectly but I was having fun so perfection wasn't a concern.

Sign of The Deathly Hallows from the Harry Potter series book 7.

Rings from wire

My first attempt at making a ring. It's a start. I got to play with a butane torch, a ring mandrel, a pickle pot, and a leather mallet! The ring on the left is brass and the one on the right is copper. I have some silver wire too but I put it someplace where it wouldn't get lost - I just don't remember where that was. Next week I'm going to try sand casting a really big ring!

Is that gold?

Is that gold?

No it's just brass from melted shell casings.

Is that silver?

No it's just a copper/nickel alloy from some old silverware.

I made some art

Buffalo bison formed from polymer clay then baked to harden.

A second buffalo bison formed from Monster clay, dried, molded, then cast in pewter.

The cat is round

The cat is round or at least something is round.

A simple fractal zoom video

Lorenz System of Differential Equations

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Lorenz System of Differential Equations. Written in Python. 360 png images compiled into Gif using Gif Brewery. #lorenz #math #python #video #gif #art #Arvada

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Barking at the sky

Barking at the sky from Clyde Hoadley on Vimeo.

Prairie Dogs barking at the sky. Standley Lake, Westminster, Colorado. December 18, 2019. Canon EOS 90D, Canon EF100-400 USM, Final Cut Pro X.

A 42 second art film

The Conclusion, a 42 second art film. Actually I'm just playing with the camera, a new spot light, and the video editor.

Hundreds of Canada geese landing on Arbor Lake (with sound)

Hundreds of Canada geese landing on Arbor Lake

Hundreds of Canada geese landing on Arbor Lake (with sound,) Arvada, Colorado. November 24, 2019.

Rock on

This morning I had my headphones on and tuned into 70's on 7 when I decided I should take a shower. As I was preparing the shower Lynyrd Skynyrd "Free Bird" came on the radio. I went into the bedroom to drop my bathrobe and slippers when the long guitar solo started. Try to picture me in the nude rocking out to Lynyrd Skynyrd! By the end of the song I had completely forgotten what I was doing and started to get dressed. I took the headphones off so I could pull my shirt on. That's when I heard the shower running. I had forgotten all about the shower, but now all the hot water was gone. I'm sure this was just a fluke and not a symptom, but it was kind of funny.