Crafts / Craftsmen / craftswomen (craftspeople, I suppose)

The flight case we made for it was fairly epic too but didn’t bother to get a pic of it

Very impressive but not as impressive as the tape measures count, I can spot four.

I generally aim to have a tape within 6ft at all times. The workshop is a black hole for things like that so tapes, rulers and pencils are generally everywhere you look just to be safe.

Another little pot.

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Nice pot, the one on the last page is great too

What kiln have you got? Is it massively expensive to run?

In all honesty I have no idea. The kiln doesn’t have any distinguishing marks on it. So would guess a cheapo one.

No bill yet but probably bare ps

Anything “mirror balled” is amazing.

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If only I was closer

Has anyone done any silicone moulding?

Any tips, or recommended suppliers?

Used stuff from Canonbury Arts years ago, 4D Models too I think.

Made a pour mould a couple times, used a lot more silicone than anticipated and probably unnecessarily. Ended up being quite costly. Worth planning it out and really thinking about it.

I am selling my vacuum chamber I used to suck the bubbles out of the silicone if it’s of interest.

What are you making?

moulds for soapdishes from the other page

interested in the vacuum chamber - any pics? price with postage?

This is it, made from a dehumidifier for the vacuum pump and a co2 bottle for the chamber with a 10mm thick bit of polycarbonate on top as a window. Quite home brew but did the job for about 20ltr of silicone, 1ltr at a time. Was looking about £35 + post. It packs up quite neatly in to the bottle so doesn’t take up much space.

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So you vacuum the bubbles out of a litre, or whatever needed, and then pour into your mold?

I assumed the mould goes in the vacuum chamber as well so the bubbles are sucked out after the pour while in situ?
I know nothing of silicone but have seen something similar for resin pouring in wood turning vids where a vessel is filled with resin and wood then the whole thing put into a vacuum chamber but maybe the process is different for silicone.

In other news, I got a introductory glass blowing lesson for Xmas from my partner, so freaking cool, can’t wait.

So you’re moving to Oregon then?

Made some of these today.

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yes, thats my understanding of how it works with wood/resin

glassblowing lesson sounds great, you'll have to show us the results

that clip doesnt work (for me anyway)

Well I fuck around with glass anyway so seemed like the next obvious step as although my current skills would lend themselves to stained glass work I’m just not that into it.

Blown glass should be fun, I think I get to make marbles, a paperweight and a vessel of some kind on my taster day.

People who live in stone houses shouldn't blow glasses.

I’m trying to make a nanban bonsai pot. The style is really rustic and often the clay appears torn or really rough.

I could have gone rougher with it but the tendency is to make it smooth and pretty.

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This is the best frame from the video

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Yeah you mix up your pot of silicone and vacuum all the bubbles out, you would be surprised how much air is in the mix.

Once it’s all stopped bubbling up and gone flat you take it out and carefully pour in to the mold at a corner, allowing it to fill up and cover the object your making a mold of. There are lots of videos on YouTube