{"id":1647,"date":"2012-04-29T19:40:10","date_gmt":"2012-04-29T19:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=1647"},"modified":"2012-04-29T19:42:08","modified_gmt":"2012-04-29T19:42:08","slug":"ants-miseretto-part-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=1647","title":{"rendered":"Ants Miseretto part 15"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Inlaying the 24 karat gold wire – I folded the wire to fit into the rear part of the inlay pocket, then annealed the wire.<\/p>\n

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\nAbove is the entire ant, with three folded wire inlays.<\/p>\n

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\nAll three ants with filled inlay pockets.<\/p>\n

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\nI’ve used the ant punches to do the preliminary sculpting of the ants, carefully trying to align them with the (invisible) cavity edges.<\/p>\n

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\nHere’s a magnified version after using the punches.<\/p>\n

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\nAbove is an ant after trimming the excess gold around the edges, followed by burnishing with steel wool.<\/p>\n

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\nHere is an ant after a quick patination of the shibuichi.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd an overview. \u00a0For a more detailed discussion of the inlay process, look here: \u00a0Ants Miseretto part 10 \u2013 Risk Reduction<\/a><\/p>\n

Next, inlay the legs – that will be 18 total. \u00a0Yikes!…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Inlaying the 24 karat gold wire – I folded the wire to fit into the rear part of the inlay pocket, then annealed the wire. Above is the entire ant, with three folded wire inlays. All three ants with filled … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5,27],"tags":[8,3,7,4,10,26],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6qLAy-qz","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1660,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=1660","url_meta":{"origin":1647,"position":0},"title":"Ants Miseretto part 16","date":"May 1, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Now to inlay the gold wire for the legs. Above, I've used an opaque white Sharpie\u2122 permanent felt tip marker to make a background for my drawing, and have drawn in the legs for the first ant. Using a small 90 degree graver, I've cut the legs to the depth\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Engraved Knife"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Ants_Miseretto_70.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1833,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=1833","url_meta":{"origin":1647,"position":1},"title":"Ants Miseretto part 21 – FINISHED!","date":"July 20, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"On the final stretch! \u00a0Today I finished up the centipede legs and the bark, as well as finalizing the patina. \u00a0I'll look it over for a few days for anything I might have missed, but otherwise I think it's done! Above, I've been using a tiny scraper to round over\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Carving"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Ants_Miseretto_108.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2604,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=2604","url_meta":{"origin":1647,"position":2},"title":"Dried Sardine Scalpel and Reliquary – Part 2","date":"February 3, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Above, I've started to shape the shibuichi scales. \u00a0I'll be mainly using a my Foredom flex shaft grinder and small drum sanders. \u00a0You can see the central area where I've started the grinding. \u00a0Note that I've superglued the scales into position, and also used two pieces of 16 gauge copper\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Carving"","img":{"alt_text":"Dried_Anchovy_Scalpel_15","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dried_Anchovy_Scalpel_15.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1440,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=1440","url_meta":{"origin":1647,"position":3},"title":"Ants Miseretto part 7","date":"February 23, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Today I worked on getting the shibuichi handle scales installed. \u00a0Above, I've cut the two scales out from the shibuichi sheet. \u00a0You can still see the paper pattern rubber-cemented onto one of the scales. Above, I'm temporarily super gluing one of the scales to the knife handle so I can\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Engraved Knife"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Ants_Miseretto_43.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2957,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=2957","url_meta":{"origin":1647,"position":4},"title":"Helheim Dagger in Knapped Steel – Gold Inlays – Part 6","date":"March 13, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Today I tackled the gold inlays on Hel's robe. \u00a0This is always a stressful time, and a major effort for me in the process. I chose to inlay the areas in parallel gold wires, since these are mostly long and skinny locations. \u00a0I began by excavating a shallow pocket, then\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Engraved Knife"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Helheim_Dagger_47.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3877,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=3877","url_meta":{"origin":1647,"position":5},"title":"Engraving a Serge Panchenko Bean Knife “Dogfish”","date":"June 22, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Starting a new engraving project on one of Serge Panchenko's sweet little Bean folding knives (sergeknives.com). This Bean knife scale is in bronze, and is a dream to cut. Just a bit under three inches long. Adding in the 24 karat gold inlays in the undulating bull kelp fronds. 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