bags'n'labels day

97,101,75,0,B

Last of the scrap copper...

Chopped up what is left (9.8 lbs.) of the 100-pound horde of scrap copper I snagged last year.  Made enough aluminum bronze to cast 32 more skulls.  I have cast 140 of them in the past year.  89,95,72,0,B

skull bags

Due to arrive Saturday.

95,100,68,0,B

etching underway...

97,101,71,0,B

20 skulls...

 

...ready for etching and final polishing.

91,102,74,0,B

Fist full of skulls...

 

95,100,71,0,B

New batch of skulls

 

16 more skulls on order.  It is brutal casting these during the summer, but it was a bit chilly today so I was able to crank out five of them.  75,95,76, .12",B

Ready for the client...

 

72,78,42,0,C

more skulls...

ready for finishing...

75,80,40,0,C

acid bath

 

74,78,50,0,W

more shipping supplies for the skulls

72,78,35,0,W

busy bench

 

In production for the next two weeks.  

Today I cast five of 20 skulls on order.

66,72,36,0,C

melting pot

 

Six pounds of newly alloyed aluminum bronze ready for casting.

67,72,30,0,B

more skulls...

 

74,80,42,0,W

first casting of the year

 

53,62,45,0,B

Retail Outlet

For sale at the Big Bend Motor Inn gift shop.

93,97,81,0,B

Retail display...

 

92,102,81,0,B