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Tree Of Life Buckle
Published: 2011-02-03 16:18:04 +0000 UTC; Views: 41468; Favourites: 2483; Downloads: 713
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The Tree Of Life is derived from old Celtic customs, forests of the old world were vast covering whole countries. When a tribe would clear land for a settlement they would always leave one tree in the center, to them this was called in irish "crann bethadh" Tree Of Life. Trees touch all three realms of existence, the heavens with branches, the underworld or spirit world with roots and the mortal world with their trunks.The metal is Shibuichi 75% copper 25% silver, I won't be casting in this metal again though, the silver absorbed O2 and the copper turns that into oxides. Plus it looks almost the same as tin bronze. I used a clear specialty lacquer for preserving the patina on bronzes and other metals it is exterior grade so it should wear well.
You can visit my Etsy shop @ www.bronzesmithdesigns.etsy.com I have the same item but in a different better wearing metal here this item is currently listed on my shop for sale! (not in Shibuichi)
The piece weighs 120 grams, 11cm wide by 6cm tall.
A dd! thanks everyone especially ~CryoSphinx and ^FrockTarts for suggesting and awarding This DD!
I apologize for not responding to everyone who wrote a comment this doesn't mean I am any less grateful, just so many Thanks!
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Really awesome...bestqualityassignment.com/ we at really appreciate its art
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This is the best tree of life I've seen. How can I buy this?
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I have an etsy store I sell them through, www.bronzesmithdesigns.etsy.com, For the buckles I don't have them listed, but I do cast on request.
Sam.
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Very eye-catching work, is this a commercial design or just a one off piece?
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Its not one off, I make a mold for replicating the pattern, I'm not sure if I could call it commercial but I know what you mean
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Is it difficult to get into all this wax model and metal casting technique? I have no clue about metal working but would love to make some pendants... I already considered metal clay, that seems very user friendly even for inexperienced people...
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Metal clay is a great place to start, also there are several casting houses that will cast your wax design for you (I have never gone this rout before), the one thing pmc doesn't have is a carvable design material, its clay so clay modeling systems would apply, that being said there are a lot of pmc artists on da that do amazing work
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I see 
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Well that and you don't have to deal with sprueing and casting, riogrande.com sells a lot of pmc equipment.
Sam.
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Thanks for the link, I looked it up, but I'll rather order from an European site because of shipping and customs : )
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Yea that makes sense, didn't know your located in Europe
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Hi there! This is just a friendly little note to let you know your piece has been featured!: [link]
Please consider taking a look at the other pieces and faving the article to help support the other artists
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Awesome thanks! Ill take a look.
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^^ You're welcome! Hope you enjoy!
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Is it possible to buy the tree of life belt buckle to be shipped to Northern Ireland ?
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Yes, I have shipped to germany before, and the UK.
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This. Is seriously fucking impressive. Great work
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Not like it's not said before: but simply gorgeous 
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You're very welcome
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Stunning work, ive added a request for this to be featured in
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Lovely work.
I know you said that you won't be smelting any more shibuichi but have you ever considered trying again with a more tradition patina? There are some fantastic things you can do with these alloys. Especially when it comes to combining different grades of shibuichi, silver, copper and/or shakudo.
3grams each equal parts rokusho and cupric sulfate in 1 to 2 liters of water is a good starting point. The silver in these alloys can patina yellow if you do not pre soak them in diakon before patina bath..
I apologize if you already know of this already.
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No I did not know this, one reason I didn't like it was the buckle gets a lot of ware and this varnish I was using doesn't last very long, plus silver gets expensive when used in this quantity, I might try it again sometime but not soon, next on the list is white bronze
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kinko work (soft copper alloys) patinas are usually easily worn off by heavy usage. Especially if it sees any greasy fingers. Although the natural patina that can develop due to being handled can be rather pleasing. It just takes time.
I will send you a note with a bit more info so you can have some fun doing some future experimentation.
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Kurczę, niesamowita robota! Uwielbiam rzeczy tego typu.
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Pf. Sorry.
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