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This is a chiton. A marine browser that travels slowly across undersea rocks eating algae and leaving a clean trail in it's wake. It has an eight segmented plate armor structure that has always fascinated me. The underside has strong muscles that cling tightly in strong current or if molested.I have taken some liberties in making it an art piece and exaggerated the spiky axis structure, but it is based on a real species indigenous to Vancouver Island and as far North as Alaska. The one I speak of has bright orange coloring and pronounced spikes ,deeply incised with a chevron pattern...
I've identified it as:
Tonicella Lineata
Welded bronze,(underside) to stainless steel(topside).
The plates started out as scrap oval shapes from the laser cutter.(notice the telltale CERF(cut) on the side edge of some of the plates).
Length-5 inches overall.
SOLD Jan 29,2011
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thanks a lot for this amazing item
used your stock here : www.behance.net/gallery/290167…
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It's misspelled on your homepage...
My apologies LeeAnn.LOL
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OMG you mean I left it off the end...
So sorry,I'll get it right eventually.LOL
LeAnne-There,did I get it right now?
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Yeah that's right, sorry if it seemed I was giving you a hard time for it. I ment it in jest.
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No problem.
a name should be spelled right...
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This picture has been used by me more than once to explain things. I just love the overlapping plates. Thanks for this :3
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Then you honor me Cary.
If we were all taught to REALLY observe the Natural world when we were kids then the realization of the sanctity of all life would be self evident at an early age...
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Ah.. haven't seen that word "Chiton" for a long time. I've created a comic book character back when I was a kid called "Chiton" he was cool and had "Chitinous Exoskeletal Armor"
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Wow Michael,
That sounds cool.
your shoulder armor actually looks similar to the chiton;
[link]
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Yeah I didn't even noticed. But Yeah I like those kinds of shapes scalloping armor. Its cool!
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Love Chitons and your interpretation is beautiful!
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Hey Rob,
Thank you!
I'm groovin on a bunch of your pieces as well.
You said your guitar was carved from hard lime. What it hard lime?
Oh,and I love the melting table.
I've spent a lifetime trying to get an organic look in metal.Organic Style Design is what i live for.
Nice to see someone else that has also been bitten by the bug...LOL
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Wow. I like this. It has a sinmplicity that I find quite enjoyable. What did you use to join the stainless to the bronze?
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Hey Aaron,
The bronze is silicon bronze(98%copper)with a smidgen of silicon. The silicon allows it to be welded DIRECTLY to stainless steel with the MIG wire feed welder.Even many lifelong welders are unaware of this fact since most initially learn industrial techniques and bronze is not considered a "structural"material.
Silicon bronze can be welded to stainless steel using the MIG process in two ways.
First,by using stainless steel wire and a tri-mix shielding gas(commercially available as Stargon)as I've done with this piece,or by running silicon bronze wire using straight argon as a shielding gas. The secondary approach creates more spatter and is not quite as strong a bond.
I have many pieces where I have welded these dis-similar metals together.
Here's another:
[link]
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I think I understand. The silicon acts as a internal flux within the structure of the bronze alloy raising the melting/fusion temperature makeing the metals act more similarly from a technical standpoint. I wonder if this idea can be applied to other metals. I think I remember someting about the Japanese folding together bronze, gold, and silver.
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The Japanese method,Makume gane is a completely different process involving diffusion bonding.
[link]
The process of welding stainless steel to sili-bronze is an ARC WELDING process and has more to do with molecular compatibility than matching temperature.
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Thank you so much...
It was difficult to choose just one image to portray the beast because there were so many wonderful views,each offering something different...
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Yeah. Especially with such a fluid shape. I doesn't just go in one direction.
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shit looks sik bro' great work, i love marine life
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Me too.
Stay tuned,
you know how art imitates life.
I'm currently trying to make limpets and barnacles in stainless.
I've got the limpet,now have to work out the barnacles.
Will post soon.
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Wow, very cool, I can see why that animal is an inspiration, what a fantastic shape!
That stainless looks fairly thick, it must have been a pain to shape it so smoothly? (the end result is well worth it though) and the blueing/colouring on the plates is very nice, as is the 'rough' edges of the cuts.
Also the balanced shape of this and the way it stands freely is genius!
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The bronze plate on the underside is even thicker than the stainless top plates.
I just got a bunch more scrap ellipses in stainless which is the raw material from which these spiky plates were made.
So I'm now pondering what armored critter to make next...
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Hmmm... I'm sure you'll come up with something!
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did you try this [link] ?
I hope it helps. This is a stunning piece! I have always loved chiton(s?) too.
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Yes,and thank you.
The tonicella lineata was what inspired me though I took some liberties with the spiky back...
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Awesome!
-and you're welcome!
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Hey man! This is great! It really has movement to it! Very attractive and impressive work as always!
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Hey Brent,
Good to hear from you.
I just showed your gallery to my friend...very impressed.
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Thanks Stephen! I appreciate that! I think everyone out here could learn something from you! You are an artist that I truly admire and respect! Thank you my friend!
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Far from simple! Even making blasted settings for stones can have its bad days.
This is one awesome piece.
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very very cool 
does [link] show the one you're thinking of?
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It was Tonicella lineata that inspired the piece, however I went off in a different direction with the protruding spiky plates...
I plan to do an ACCURATE tonicella lineata featuring the heavily incised chevron pattern at some later date,and utilizing mixed metals to advantage I'll warrant.
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you make something so simple look so complex. Awesome work!
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