#final making

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The Final Pieces!

Images with the wire and fitted!

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Brass Polished. Without the wire, edited to show what it would look like bare.

I've taken pictures of them in various places in my home where I would place them as well as around other normal house hold ornaments to show how they look among other things, which is where they would be.

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Images of the pieces almost finished in the workshop. Without the brass wire around 'Spirit' as I was going to cost it in a finish first.

At this point I'm truly debating whether I want to coat them. It has been 2 days of contemplating and I've chose to leave them as they are. I really like the dusty finish so I have just taken away the top layers of burnt ash so that it doesn't get on to anyone!

I didn't think about this before, I thought it would just keep rubbing off!

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Making and Fixing the Brass Rods ~ Fail

Up until this point I have been extremely caring and mindful about every aspect of the making, treating each bit with patience, so coming to add the rods and drill into the surface of a piece I have been working on for weeks made me nervous.

Before drilling the holes I was seriously contemplating not doing so! I loved the outcomes of both surfaces. I had a lot of fun making them and really felt the whole process made sense to me.

I'd spent weeks perfecting the pieces to potentially make a mistake that takes two minutes to make! Anyway, I went ahead and measured up where the rods were to fit. I laser cut out a small circle with the points on as a guideline, 1cm in from the edge of the circle.

I looked back at my plans and measured up the rods to the size I preferred the most, straightened my brass rod and cut 4 X 13cm rods, filing the ends.

I wanted them to be at least 1.5cm deep so I used masking tape on the drill 1.5cm up from the tip to give me a stopping point with using the drill.

When I put down the guidelines the brass shapes did seem off, as they are not geometrically aligned. They are hand drawn and hand carved and bringing the brass rods into it makes the small imprecisions which did not matter before suddenly become very visible.

I chose to leave 'Spirit', not to coat it, just to add the wire and come to it in the future.

Gaia's surface is untampered with.

Before the holes.

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Finishing the shapes for each affirmation shrine.

1. Spirit

2. Gaia

3. The candle.

I am happy with the proportions and am excited to bring the decorative aspects!

I'm unsure what I'll do to decorate the top piece. I could add a seeded stippled texture. It would be nice if the owner is able to physically interact with the shrine which is why I have brought in the candle idea!