I'm experimenting with inlaying and mounting melted pewter in and on timber. The image above shows what happens when you pour 700 degrees heated pewter into prepared holes and grooves in an offcut of timber.
As you can see from photo below the process started with crushing and cutting up some pewter goblets; and cutting some rudimentary grooves and holes in a offcut of bunya pine.
When I was ready to do the pour I had Fiona on hand to take photos and quench the timber once I had done the pour.
As you can see below the outcome was not great but has potential. I think if I do another pour into the burnt grooves-holes and only heat the metal to 500 degrees I might have greater success in the pour. The goal is to have the melted metal contrasting with the blackened timber
I have also decided to carve textured squares into a graphite block to see what might be the outcome when iI pour metal into the form. The resulting textured squares of metal could be mounted on timber???
Given what I'm doing with inks and watercolour at the moment it would seem I'm in an experimental frame of mind. To be continued in 2025!!!!
The grandest of all art questions: What if?
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