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| ©2015 Barry Smith - Once was the base of a candlestick |
As most artists know there is a lot of work that goes into the preparation before creation. Today was one of those days: this morning - disassembling 20 silver-plated wine goblets (more on that on Sunday); and this afternoon - lots of polishing of the pieces for the Steampunk-Industrial lamps.
But as you can see the end result is worth all the grinding etc when you check out a photo of the floor lamp before I started.
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| ©2015 Barry Smith - Floor lamp roughly assembled |
And the pile of shiny bits after I finished - now ready for assembling.
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| ©2015 Barry Smith - Floor lamp - disassembled and polished - ready for reconstruction |
And the polished bits for three smaller lamps.
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| ©2015 Barry Smith - Shiny bits for three small lamps |
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| ©2015 Barry Smith - Patina, polished brass and rust - got to love that |
I used the polishing time as an opportunity to sharpen and clean some of my metal scribes.
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| ©2015 Barry Smith - Bunch of sharpened metal scribes and 1 centre punch. |
A good day's work that will lead to good creations. Now off to make pizza; and drink a little red.
An excellent day's work, Barry, and how beautiful the components look for your lamps. And now you've made me think about pizza!
ReplyDeleteHi C - as you can see from my follow up post - all the shiny and intriguing bits came together. And homemade pizza can be the best. Go well. B
DeleteReally like the candlestick base. The lamp you made with it is my favourite!
ReplyDeleteHi L - the lamp with the candlestick lamp shade is now a permanent resident in our house - so we like it too. Cheers. B
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