{"id":2505,"date":"2013-12-02T19:58:17","date_gmt":"2013-12-02T19:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=2505"},"modified":"2013-12-02T19:58:17","modified_gmt":"2013-12-02T19:58:17","slug":"clockwork-trilobite-part-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=2505","title":{"rendered":"Clockwork Trilobite – Part 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is mostly using the punches to sculpt and texture.<\/p>\n

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\nIn the above three images you can see some of the sculpting in progress.\u00a0 The image on the left has had the head part (cephalon) sculpted and textured , and you can see the two punches I\u2019ve be used – the large one on the left is for general texturing (made from hardened 1\/8 inch diameter piano wire) and the one on the right is for shaping via forging (it\u2019s made from an old rotary bur and is flat on the end with just a bit of rounded edges).\u00a0 In the center image you can see a carved but unsculpted part of the trilobite\u2019s central lobe (blue arrow), and in the right image is the same lobe after sculpting (green arrow).<\/p>\n

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\nAbove are several of the lobes after sculpting.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd here all the central and lateral lobes have been sculpted.\u00a0 The punch easily shapes most metals, including steel but especially something as soft as silver, and really starts making this thing come to life.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd here is the completed trilobite, with a bit of patina thrown on.\u00a0 There is an option here to leave the copper eyes as they are, or to use a tiny carbide bur and place lots of tiny dimples on them, like the eyes in the image below, courtesy of Bladegallery.com.\u00a0 I\u2019ll ask the client and see what they want to do.\u00a0 Next I\u2019ll fabricate a beefy silver jump ring and mess with the patina a bit more, followed by boiling in distilled water to make sure all the nasty chemicals are gone.\u00a0 Then I\u2019ll do a serious quality control inspection, correcting any faux pas, and then she\u2019ll be ready to go!<\/p>\n

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\nAnd, above are several different views of the completed Clockwork Trilobite.<\/p>\n

I guess this finally solves the mystery associated with the most successful and long-lasting group of organisms the world has ever known.\u00a0\u00a0What happened to them? \u00a0Why did they suddenly disappear from the oceans?<\/p>\n

They simply ran down, of course.\u00a0 But, in science solving one mystery usually just exposes more things to seek answers to, and brings to mind a completely new mystery of the trilobites – who wound them up in the first place?<\/p>\n

Thanks for looking!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today is mostly using the punches to sculpt and texture. In the above three images you can see some of the sculpting in progress.\u00a0 The image on the left has had the head part (cephalon) sculpted and textured , and … 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":[23,28,31,11],"tags":[9,3,7,17,10,26,12],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6qLAy-Ep","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3567,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=3567","url_meta":{"origin":2505,"position":0},"title":"William Henry Steampunk Viperfish – Side B, Part 1","date":"October 27, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Well, I'm baaaack! 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