{"id":3636,"date":"2014-11-17T04:40:53","date_gmt":"2014-11-17T04:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=3636"},"modified":"2014-11-17T04:43:08","modified_gmt":"2014-11-17T04:43:08","slug":"skull-and-centipede-hobo-nickel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=3636","title":{"rendered":"Skull and Centipede Hobo Nickel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back to engraving with a Hobo Nickel project, just for me.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Skull_Centipede_Hobo_Nickel_16\"This is my first solo Hobo Nickel, with\u00a024 karat gold centipede legs, moose antler zombie eye.<\/p>\n

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\nHere\u2019s my design transferred onto a 1937 buffalo nickel. Don\u2019t know what a Hobo Nickel is? \u00a0Try hobonickels.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nAbove is the design engraved, but no sculpting yet.<\/p>\n

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\nA little further along, with the centipede back half sculpted…<\/p>\n

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\nMost of the sculpting done, and ready to add the gold…<\/p>\n

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\nHere’s the front half of the centipede sculpted <\/p>\n

koupit-pilulky.com<\/a><\/div>\n

, and 24 karat gold wire inlaid into the raised legs. I haven\u2019t trimmed the edges of the gold yet.<\/p>\n

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\nHere’s the front half of the centipede sculpted, and half of the gold legs inlaid…impressive, if you’ve ever seen one of these not-so-little nasties in person.<\/p>\n

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\nFront legs inlaid with gold wire, some trimmed.<\/p>\n

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\nAll of the gold legs installed! Hope it doesn’t crawl off when I’m not watching…<\/p>\n

\"Skull_Centipede_Hobo_Nickel_15\"Installing a zombie eye of moose antler. \u00a0From upper left clockwise, – lathe turning tiny moose pegs – front and back pegs – pegs epoxied in place front and back…<\/p>\n

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\nFinished! The zombie eye is particularly creepy…<\/p>\n

Thanks for looking!<\/p>\n

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Back to engraving with a Hobo Nickel project, just for me. This is my first solo Hobo Nickel, with\u00a024 karat gold centipede legs, moose antler zombie eye. Here\u2019s my design transferred onto a 1937 buffalo nickel. Don\u2019t know what a … 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":[23,43],"tags":[9,3,7,17,16,45],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6qLAy-WE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5565,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=5565","url_meta":{"origin":3636,"position":0},"title":"Dragonfly Hobo Nickel Tutorial","date":"May 29, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"I need a little timeout from the hummingbird skull reliquary puttygen.in , so here\u2019s the start of a fun Hobo Nickel with a gold dragonfly. I\u2019m leveling out Jefferson\u2019s head with a punch and abrasive stones, and beginning the engraving. 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