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33 - Wood stained sphere

Submitted by plindley on 16 November 2009 - 12:32pm
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Several wood stains applied to a turned softwood sphere.

The single application of each stain reveals the different effects produced on side and end grain.

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32 - Tartan sphere

Submitted by plindley on 16 November 2009 - 12:28pm
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Six varieties of tartan material sewed together along their edges produce a sphere similar to the sphere object 45 made in paper.

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30 - Stone box

Submitted by plindley on 16 November 2009 - 12:14pm
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This limestone is sawn by hand with a concrete saw I had to hand at home, held firmly down using luggage straps on a portable workbench in my backyard. See slides.

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29 - P.V.C. strip sphere

Submitted by plindley on 16 November 2009 - 12:11pm
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While object 50, and object 54, for instance, use their mass and material presence to describe spheres, this object, along with object 5, use translucency, lightness, and reflectivity to find other

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27 - Polystyrene cube

Submitted by plindley on 13 November 2009 - 4:58pm
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Expanded polystyrenes principal quality is its' lightness and ability to be easily shaped.

 

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26 - wire cube

Submitted by plindley on 13 November 2009 - 4:51pm
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A useful material for model makers of all disciplines is copper coated mild steel; “CCMS” often known and sold as welding rod.

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25 - Resin cube

Submitted by plindley on 13 November 2009 - 4:47pm
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The loose ball bearing in object 31 is fixed this time, inside a cast of clear polyester resin.

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24 - Egg box sphere

Submitted by plindley on 13 November 2009 - 4:39pm
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Egg boxes have long been made form re-cycled material and here they are re-cycled again, using two of the many colours available.

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23 - Angle iron cube

Submitted by plindley on 13 November 2009 - 4:30pm
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Easily cut by hand and filed to size, each of the 12 lengths can easily be MIG welded, and then finished by grinding.

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22 - Plywood box

Submitted by plindley on 13 November 2009 - 4:27pm
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Access to the appropriate machinery can make the production of some objects very efficient, which can allow extra time to be spent on more complex or creative aspects of a project, Similarly it can

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21 - Surrealist box

Submitted by plindley on 13 November 2009 - 4:16pm
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A useful device for three-dimensional assemblages or collages of found objects, the glass-fronted box is a favourite tool for the exploration of juxtaposed objects.

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20 - Dowel and filler cube

Submitted by plindley on 13 November 2009 - 4:11pm
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This cube attempts to combine two common materials found in art school workshops, filler and dowelling, both of which rarely have independent lives, and usually serve as auxiliaries to traditional

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