Twisted Torus

[Hermes2020]

This is the maquette for a new metal sculpture called Twisted Torus I am working on. The maquette is 900 mm high, but the final piece may be twice the size, depending on the location where it will be installed.

 

[musket]

Very cool indeed. What material?

 

[Hermes2020]

Very cool indeed. What material?

Thanks, it's only a maquette to make sure that the shapes fit together properly, so I cut the profiles out of cardboard. The metallic look was achieved with a rub-on product called Inka Gold. I quite like the texture given by the corrugated cardboard, but the finished sculpture will probably be made from smooth stainless steel.

 

[Artyczar]

Gorgeous!!!

 

[musket]

Thanks, it's only a maquette to make sure that the shapes fit together properly, so I cut the profiles out of cardboard. The metallic look was achieved with a rub-on product called Inka Gold. I quite like the texture given by the corrugated cardboard, but the finished sculpture will probably be made from smooth stainless steel.

I should have specified that I meant what material the actual sculpture would be made of. Stainless should work very well.

 

[snoball]

Beautiful! Stainless will be stunning but something textured like this would really be great.

 

[Hermes2020]

Beautiful! Stainless will be stunning but something textured like this would really be great.

Or even a hammered texture on stainless steel.

 

[musket]

Yeah for what it's worth I can visualize that being cooler. But have fun hammering stainless-- or do you farm that out?

 

[Hermes2020]

Yeah for what it's worth I can visualize that being cooler. But have fun hammering stainless-- or do you farm that out?

I have private access to a 5 m CNC, TIG welders, and other skilled artisans in the family-owned manufacturing business, so I will not have to do it myself, thank goodness! We can even do water jet cutting of 20 mm stainless steel. In spite of the virus slow-down at the moment, the guys are so busy with executing orders that my little project will have to wait for now.

 

[musket]

Wow, that is cool, to have that kind of access. I've refretted a few guitars with stainless, and all I can say is, your hammer would have to be a hell of a lot harder than mine to put a dent into that stuff.

 

[Katie]

I nearly missed this one. I love it! it looks to me like a snake beginning to unfurl.

 

[laf.art]

Love this as is

 

[Maybenartist]

Would be very insightful to see it from different angles?