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MHodges — Leto 01

Published: 2011-02-14 05:02:19 +0000 UTC; Views: 1254; Favourites: 28; Downloads: 23
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Description Steel sculpture.
Model: Me

Cold forged (hammered on the anvil without heat) out of 22 gauge sheet steel. This is my first male sculpture (not counting my Greek reproduction muscle cuirass [link] ).
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Comments: 15

bethyeehah [2012-02-20 20:16:26 +0000 UTC]

you did this cold??? !!

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Metal-Bender [2011-02-15 20:16:11 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful!

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MHodges In reply to Metal-Bender [2011-02-20 02:58:06 +0000 UTC]

thanks!

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Metal-Bender In reply to MHodges [2011-02-20 20:21:43 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome Martin!

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MossyModels [2011-02-15 00:12:01 +0000 UTC]

Nice one Martin !

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MHodges In reply to MossyModels [2011-02-15 17:34:00 +0000 UTC]

Thank ya much!

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ThundersSilence [2011-02-14 18:58:40 +0000 UTC]

ahhh well now you move into a most interesting direction
very nice!
you do anneal the metal in between, right? otherwise it would turn impossibly hard... how big is this?

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MHodges In reply to ThundersSilence [2011-02-16 05:20:38 +0000 UTC]

Yes I do anneal periodically. It's about 7" tall.

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squaremonkey1 [2011-02-14 17:12:54 +0000 UTC]

Killer work buddy!!

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MHodges In reply to squaremonkey1 [2011-02-20 02:58:51 +0000 UTC]

thanks a lot!

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squaremonkey1 In reply to MHodges [2011-02-20 04:52:40 +0000 UTC]

You bet!

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BRipin [2011-02-14 13:26:23 +0000 UTC]

Another beauty - compliments to the sculptor and model!

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MHodges In reply to BRipin [2011-02-15 17:33:24 +0000 UTC]

Thanks and Thanks!

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kipsaju [2011-02-14 09:36:19 +0000 UTC]

hmm, never heard of this kind of tehnique.. u take sheet of metal and then start banging on it?

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MHodges In reply to kipsaju [2011-02-20 02:59:58 +0000 UTC]

In its simplest form, yes

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