From Marcus, resin-metal (stainless and nickel steel) wondrousness! (Yes, one of them is upside down, because it’s for adult eyes only.) They need a bit of polishing with steel wool, which is being lovingly done by Rick. The Buddha was first, and now has a place of honour on my desk shelves, because he just makes me happy. Thank you, Marcus!
Did Marcus cast those himself or were they something he had and passed along? I know he does soap, so just wondering if he also does metal casting.
Since there does not appear to be any penguin tracks, they aren’t cheese.
So three possibilities: (1) Those are metal-plated soaps; (2) The soap is metallic; or (3) They are part of the Deutsch Malt Company’s Perle home-brewing kit.
Johnson catman:
Marcus cast these himself.
I didnt sculpt them; they’re cast in molds I made from artworks I found on ebay. I use the molds for soap making, but occasionally if someone wants a resin version I cast it. The resin castings take a whopping 10 minutes or so to make.
Once you have the silicone mold you can make them in chocolate, ice, resin, soap, whatever.
Ps -- if I sprung for high temperature silicone I could have cast them in pewter. Except that the playing with molten metal scares the bejeebers out of me ever since the time a jeweller friend showed me what happens if you drop molten platinum on a 2x4 (it falls right through, and through the bench and the floor)
I ran out of labels, so: the soap is lemongrass/lemon balm/lemon verbena
That’s a very clean lemon.
Oooh aren’t those cool! So awesome!
@Marcus: And yes, it takes a surprisingly small amount of molten metal to ruin your entire day. :-) I don’t cast in the house either, too scary. Nice casting on those!
I’ve wondered, is 3d-printing going to get more people to take up (lost wax) casting?
Marcus
That is really cool. Now I’m picturing rubbing myself down with the Buddha in the bath, though. …awkward.
@themellowmonkey
See the buddha, suds with the buddha.
Ice Swimmer:
Maybe. The surfaces of 3d printed objects are not fine enough yet. Even the cutting tool marks from the CNC are captured in the silicone. I did a mold from a 3d print object and it was too ridgy and pixellated.
Lost wax is alive and well, of course.
I can cast beeswax in my silicones. One artist I know has a wax of one of my lifecastings that she is trying to make a mold for pouring glass in.