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Marcusstratus — Wild Onion Sculpture 2
Published: 2007-06-10 18:33:39 +0000 UTC; Views: 1548; Favourites: 16; Downloads: 43
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This is the other side of the onion.I already had a picture of this posted, but that didn't do it justice, so I deleted it and reposted a better one
This is the onion that took me an entire semester in jewelry class to make. it's made out of everything from sheet metal, wire, tubing, and even cast pieces. the metals I used include copper, bronze, nickel, and steel. It stands close to 12" tall and the wire base it's on makes it all springy when touched 
I used different patinas to make it green, brown and black
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^.^ Just what I was going for. Thanks!
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I'm always happy when that (rarely) happens with my own art.
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Hehe, metal isn't cheap! And that coupled with fabrication time... well I can see why you would put such a high price on it. Not to mention it looks absolutely great! I especially love the flowers (glad that worked out for you, soldering can either go great or terribly wrong 
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Yeah, from my experience of helping other people, solder is definitely one of those things that require experience to work with.
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Ha. I would totally put that in my garden ^__^ Is it weather-proof?
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mmmmm... the metals are but I don't think that turquoise patina is... it'd wear off
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Darn! You should give it some kinda protective coating!
(I'm just kidding... I'm broke anyway...
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yaaa.. about that...if anybody were to buy it from me it'd come no less than $450.oo
I don't blame you, I'd be broke to
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Peh, for that price I'd take a metalworking course and make my own
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Wow, just, wow. I love it, this is amazing. The subtle detailing is just awesome. Do you mind if I ask how the heck you get all the individual flowers soldered to the head of the piece without it all falling apart? I've toyed with making small copper wire sculptures in the past, but haven't been able to get the hang of soldering together 3D peices without it all getting too hot and falling apart.
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Thanks ^.^
well it was rather tricky, at first I had alot of trouble with it so I tried gluing them on via gorilla glue and others, but that worked like crap. so I decided to go ahead and solder them. I started with the center most stem and I had a tiny torch tip at my disposal. I took the heat off just as the little bit of solder melted, doing so with the other stems allowed me to solder one at a time and not get it so hot that the others melted off.
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Well I've been looking at getting a micro torch anyways, so it looks like I should definitely make the investment! I'll be watching for more work from you, it is quite the inspiration, I'm certainly going to dig my copper out of the back corner of my shop and start creating again.
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