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California Cat by ~Falco-sparverius:iconFalco-sparverius:

Categories Artisan Crafts > Metal Work

©2006-2009 ~Falco-sparverius
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Here's a lifesized Smilodon skull I made. I referred to a Bone Clone cast to make it. The main parts are sheet copper, the teeth are stainless and it's held together with hand hammered copper tinners rivets. Different metal chisels gave me the seams between 'bones' and the required texture. Liver of Sulphur gave me the patina I wanted. It took me three very intensive days to make. Enjoy. :)

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~yummmswedishfish May 7, 2006, 4:31:17 PM
Oh wow thats INSANE!
How on earth do you do that?! :eyepopping:

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"It was true when they said love is the slowest form of suicide, because your lips are laced with cyanide and I'm addicted to your kiss."
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~Falco-sparverius May 7, 2006, 9:43:28 PM
Why thankies! Er, the bones clones replica gave me a 3D model to refer to up close. From that, I was able to take posterboard and figure out all the different pieces to make via what laid flat, where seams would look best and so forth. I made the pieces one at a time, making the first (the upper jaw/nose/eyesocket piece) from paper to copper before making more paper ones to trace to copper so that I would know they all fit. Essentially to make it work I patterned and assembled it piece by piece, and the rest is just technical stuff, snips, hammers, files, etc etc.

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~MooseQuack May 8, 2006, 8:58:26 PM
This is absolutely beatiful, I haven't seen much metalwork with such fine curves and detail of the copper, yet this makes the teeth somewhat of a dissapointment.

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~Falco-sparverius May 10, 2006, 7:02:01 AM
Thanks. Yeah, eighteen gauge stainless is a bear to work. You just gave me an idea. In a softer metal, I could probably bend and 'facet' the molars, kind of icing on the cake. *stores idea in mental file*.

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~whisperedmind May 13, 2006, 8:59:27 PM
That's just awesome

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~Xzorby Jun 21, 2006, 2:45:21 AM
That's cool! Like it a lot :)
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~AngelicWatcher Jul 16, 2006, 10:48:53 AM
awsome :O

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...with some cream on top

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~spittingkitty Jul 31, 2006, 2:34:54 PM
*speechless*
must fav it! :D I repeat: you are very talented!

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-Emi~~!
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EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
KODAK DX4530 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA
1/64 second
F/4.8
21 mm
Jan 24, 2006, 11:26:30 AM

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