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Hand made book, mixed mediaRelated content
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wow, i'm blown away!!! all your book covers are breathtaking!!! I've only just started out playing with metal, wood and plastic and your work is certainly inspiring!!! i hope you don't mind if i use them in my sketch book as research?
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Thank you so much
You go right ahead, i've just started with metals the last few years, it's been quite the learning experience. If I can help with any information or processes, just let me know, best of luck
Tim
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Thank you 
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Hi
Looks fantastic do you make these as commisions ?
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I might depending on time and cost
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completely in LOVE with this! someone sent me the link and definately happy they did!
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I'm glad they did too, your photography is really wonderful
and thank you
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This is amazing. 
How did you make it?
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thanks, I have two (prized) ammolite fossils, i made a mold of them, then cast lots and cut them down to different sizes. I set them out and used plaster and sand in between. I then made a mold of that and cast it in resin so I could sculpt the brass pointy bits. the book binding is pretty standard, then a little hinge work and painting and aging.
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Wow. That's very cool.
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I have no idea where you get your ideas but they are really inspired, I have always loved fossils so this is probably my favorite amongst the books but its a hard call
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thanks
make sure you post when you make your necklace
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yeah most likely, I am a rock/fossil hoarder. For awhile I used to walk the beaches of Lake Superior when I lived up north and have a way of eying out fossilized corals and sponges, just like I can with agates.
It would be cool to see nested books kinda like this, I love the pure imagery it automatically provokes as a piece.
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lucky you! i can't seem to find a fossil to save my life 
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I think its a matter of knowing what to look for. Some people find money, I find rocks XD
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rocks don't cause as many divorces
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This one's stunning as well. I've seen a comment where you asked someone if they thought people would buy those as notebooks. I gotta say, yes, definitely. Although most probably wouldn't be able to afford your works, there would be some who would spare no expense.
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yeah, it's the being able to afford them thing... the time involved can be really high... 100's of hours on some, but i might be able to work something out
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100 hours?! Dude, that's crazy 
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yep, things just take as long as they take
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avesome ;D
how much it weights? (hyhyhy strange question)
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it's not real rock or bronze, but resin and paint... but even so, it's a thick book and has thick covers so it's pretty heavy. Thanks
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This is so beautiful! The detail is amazing!! I love the different textures, and how they look together. And I love how the book looks so sturdy, and then there are these delicate-looking fossils in the middle.
How much does it weigh?
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I love Ammonite Fossils, they were always my favorite. Specially when they come in those big rocky clumps. I used silicone to mold the fossils to get all the detail and cast them in resin. It's not as heavy as the rock would be but it's still pretty hefty
thanks! glad you like it
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Yeah, it looks like you took a chunk of rock with all the fossils in it and made it into a book. I love how there are so many of them all together ^.^
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Aw, man, I want a book like this!
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Does the lock really work? I've been threw your gallery and it's really amazing, I can't believe what people can do with metal
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em... sorta ;-P as I ran out of time, I had to start cutting corners but it's mostly a functional book
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I like how tactile this is- it really makes me want to touch it! Are those real fossils or are they casts?
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I cast the two real ones I have, and then carved them down to different sizes. oh yeah i'm with you, sculpture is meant to be touched!
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Too bad the folks at the fancy-smancy art museums don't see things our way
Thats the best part about sculpture... getting your hands IN it. Nothing else gives you that (or at least safely).
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What's really dumb is when they have those kinetic sculptures that are precisely balanced so when they're lightly touched, they move in awesome ways...and there are signs saying DON'T TOUCH! What the hell? It's supposed to be touched, that's the whole point!
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If you ever go to a museum and you see a Carl Andre metal "rug" you can walk on them. You're supposed to, and the guards should know it's ok. They have one at the Nelson-Atkins in KC, and I was really excited to see it. Walked all over it, hehe
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been on that one myself...and it was great! Nelson-Atkins gets some great shows sometimes
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Hahaha, yep, always practice safe art hehe
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Really cool!
Did you make the texture out of sculpey?
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I have a few real fossils, so I made a mold and cast a bunch of them, cut them down to different sizes and used plaster and sand in between
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wow cool
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I love the ammonite fossils, always have
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Same here! I sometimes wish these animals had not died out and you coul still pick their amazing shells up on a beach somewhere...
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I have two, but I'd love one of those big clusters... and the LA Museum of Natural History they have one about 6 feet high, now that's one HUGE shelled squidee
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