/diy/ - Do It Yourself

I seem to gravitate to art in just about everything I do in life, I have worked as a chef most of my life and is quite the artistic packed career.
I also have a screen printing shop, where I make shirts for my site. and I hire local artists for shirt designs, and most recently I set up a wood working shop where I now make fine furniture. I have a few pictures if anyone wants.

Heres the last thing I made.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/90831817/reclaimed-solid-wood-table-with-cherry?ref=tre-1922914687-3

and here is a shirt I've printed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc4F4GML4PI

I don't do ether full time, but more like active hobbies.

I basically do everything when it comes to art. Sculpting would be about as close to DIY-style as I get. This is one of my favorite pieces.

I also have an angler fish made of CD's - I'll upload that too.

>>132455
Here's the fish

I make my own jewelry... Started out with beading and all that jazzy stuff. Now I have moved to metal working. I love silver, fire, and tools.. So it works out well...
Here is one of my pieces... I'll post more if you all would like...

Silversmith reporting in, making a chinease braclet atm

>>132626

Thats nice. Howd you make the tiny holes for the beads?

i think i have the strange part covered
http://community.webshots.com/user/DETHCHEEZ?vhost=community

>>132626
PMC or some other silverclay?

Fine artist here, pretty much everything I do is /diy/ or /diy/ related.

I'm currently exploring casting (I created a thread on casting a few weeks ago) and most of my sculptures are created from chickenwire and plaster

I'll actually be making some hair accessories/prints/whatever to make some spare cash for myself this summer. I'll be making my own handcarved beads from plaster and casting them to make them from resin.

I also woodwork and all that fine shit. I want to make furniture and carve the details myself. I'll need to have money to fund that sort of thing, though, which I currently don't

>>132697
Old sterling silver spoon
>>132656
they arent beads, those are bezel set black onyx and malachite

here is another piece i did. Melted sterling silver and poured it into water... in the middle is a tube set blue topaz

>>132714

How do you melt such metals? What's your setup, if you don't mind mentioning

>>132717
I used a crucible and a torch to melt the silver. I have a fuck load of tools... If I get my lazy ass up I'll take a pic of my bench setup... lots of handtools, torch, dremel, bench grinder. etc...

I make fully functional replicas of historic bows and archery tackle. This is a replica of a 2000+ year old bow found in a cave in Europe.

>>132724
Have you done any engraving work?
I recently started silversmithing and want to practice and learn more about engraving. Do you have any tips?

pic related. it's almost done. I'm still finishing the lock system

>>132455
just stopping by to say this is awesome. Also if you made some zerg anything like that im sure they would sell by the millions

Heres a fucking octopus pendant I carved yesterday.

>>133022
Anon, I will pay for that.

>>133024
This one is not for sale unfortunately.

>>133030
And the dream goes crashing down.

>>133030
Carve more, sell to anon at a fair price.

>>133031
If you are in UK/Europe I could maybe make you one...

>>133041
how you made the eyes?

>>133041
Unfortunately I'm not.
But could you maybe share how I could go about making one myself? I obviously get that it's wood-carving, and there have been plenty of threads on how to do this, but I don't think it would have been much help

>>133045
The eyes are black seed beads, you can get them from any craft store or jewellery-making supplier.

>>133041
you can ship internationally, just have anon pay for shipping. it's not all that much usually for tiny things. Though the forms are a bitch.

>>133046
The best advice I can give you is get a set of good carving tools (that basically means expensive ones) and use quality wood (this can be from recycled furniture or off-cuts or whatever, you just need to learn what to look for). A Dremel works wonders for certain tasks too. I mostly taught myself, but I took some classes or workshops,you should look for something like that first, to get a feel for the tools and see if its something you enjoy. I found a ton of books about carving at my local library too.

>>133068
Nice. It's amazing what you can do when you just do it.

>>133068
Ah, thank you. Just one more question, would be be the most basic tools I'd need? I read something about a chisel somewhere, but not much else.

>>133080
For carving you need gouges, which are a type of chisel, but with a curved or v-shaped edge. They are very different from regular woodworking chisels and the come in a huge range of sizes and shapes. You can usually get a beginner set with a selection of gouges. A round carving mallet is used to drive them. Rasps, rifflers and needle-files would all be things I use a lot and of course many different grades of sandpaper and steel wool. A coping saw or fret saw is very handy too. If you have a dremel, the high-speed cutter attachments are particularly effective for roughing out a shape.

My art is that of stand-up comedy.

I craft sets out of bits out of written words out of thoughts.

I mostly just use a pen and paper to write the original inspiration and then work to re-shape it into a digestible form.

Then I refine the rough bits through open-mics and link the strong ones together into coherent sets that I can then sell to clubs and bars one night, one audience at a time.

Though the thrill of laughter is fleeting and I'm not left with a tangible three-dimensional craft to place upon my mantle, the experience of expressing my art leaves a very real smile on my face.

>>133219
Is that supposed to be a joke?

I've posted this before, but
>art thread
>it's kind of art
so here you go.

Probably my last attempt at arty things in iron for some time, except using this sort of thing for candle holders. I just got my brass casting kit, so I'll be using that for pretty stuff from now on.

>>133015
never done any engraving.... would like to learn though. there was a site that had live engraving but i cant find it...
>>133410
thats wicked.

I make and sell my own halloween masks and props which takes hours of clay sculpting or fiberglass work. It's a pain but I love to do it. Here are a couple of my masks.

>>134228
leatherface

>>134228
another leatherface

>>134228
ghostbusters proton pack in 6 days for halloween.

>>134228
helped a friend with this since we're both rocketeer fans.

bumping with more jewelry.... I love abstract, not sure if it is because I dont have the sheet silver i need to do the projects i want to do or not...

not a whole lot of people like this one... I'm thinking of removing the patina...

>>134658
try polishing just one side

Also, I think you really need a rolling mill to make wires and sheets of silver.
In some countries, you can get a simple mill really cheap and you will be amazed with what you can do. It`s a must have tool

>>134701
i have a rolling mill. I was so excited to get it. After casting my first ingot, i went to put it through the mill only to find that the ingot was too thick... talk about being pissed off. 240 bucks down the drain... I dont use it that much. I want to sell it and get a bigger one but they will set me back about 450 dollars of which i dont have.. I can also take all of my scrap and turn it in to where i get my supplies and get sheet.

>>134711
I wish there were something similar here to get sheet, since I don't have a rolling mill.
That was terrible! Where did you bought your mill?

Obvious question: have you tried making a thinner ingot?

>>135528
I think it was a&a supply or something like that....
and yea i dont have a smaller ingot mold so id have to hammer it all down...

>>132278
>>132275

very cool..iv always wanted to get into screen printing, but i wanted to find an entire roll of silk screen and when i figured that was a bit difficult i never gathered any other supplies

>>136004

Its much easier to buy pre stretched screens and just reclaim them to use another day. though the equipment is costly and Large!

>>136010

i just wanted something small..and totally /diy/..as in a home made light box/station.

altho that machine you have in your vid would be awesome..i ddnt kno that you can do various colors back to back with out any bleeding/ruining the first color

I've recently gotten into chainmail, and though I desperately want for material (creativity and poverty are terrible bedfellows) I've managed to get a simple bracelet of Euro 4-in-1 done, which has done nothing but whet my appetite for it.

I also do a fair bit of origami, though that was at least at one point more /po/.

>>136024
>first-hand experience.
A commercial screen-printing rig is often laid out in a carousel arrangement.

one guy is loading on a shirt (sometimes adding a spray of adhesive first).
Then the central machine makes a step to the first color screen, squeegee goes one way, screen comes down, pulls squeegee back, lifts screen.
The next step (in a multi-color print) would be an automated radiant heater that drops down, flash-heating the ink. (this is also the step where the fabric burns, the ink bubbles or the tag curls)

Then the next step, next step until a guy pulls off the shirt and lays it out on a conveyer oven ( >>136010 ) where the ink is totally finished. Comes out the other end, yet Another guy stacks/boxes/folds whatever.

There is a certain slow beat to the process, so i have seen this set up with two carousels feeding a single tunnel oven.

Anyhow, on a home hobby level this does not have to be Nearly that complex. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PO1g2ZaheB4
not vouching for this product, but this shows some of the basic concept. You could get by with loose screens if you are only doing a single color (and perfect orientation is not important) but otherwise something with a hinge and platform would help with lining things up and making it repeatable.

>>136024

You can print wet on wet, but only for say a small run of 20 ish. I wouldn't sugest it for large runs.

Also, I have in progress photos of how I build my light box (exposure unit) 100 % hand made.
I made a a bunch of my equipment.


lmk

>>136112

LOL, wrong pic...

this one.

here is the gallery if interested
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.166924406681674.30552.161164600590988&type=3

>>136117
>>136117
very fukn cool anon

I've been doing sculptures on and off for about 2 years now.
Mainly for school, but otherwise I found it to be a fun and easy way of making gifts for people I know.

This one was the first steps into making an ornamental pipe out of soapstone.

>>135975
what gem is that?

so far, I've only made simple things like rings and the chain that i'm finishing.
I reallly need a decent torch

>>136133
This is when I started shaping it.

>>136135
Then some more serious shaping, and carving out the bowl piece.
I didn't use any power tools, just some drill bits by hand here and there, that way I had a much more steady, although slower control over it.

>>136138
and then I went about using some wet dry sand paper for a couple of hours to get it to its characteristically smooth finish.

The little bits of white all over it in this picture are just tiny scratched, I smoothed it to the point of those being gone later on.

After I decided to make it into a functioning pipe, It rolled off my desk and broke in half.

I'm going to make another one one day, but as a proper pipe with mixed materials.

>>136143
Heres a small lobster I made, which I called Rock Lobster.

Just for fun.
Turned it into a pendant by tying a cord around the tail..
It wasn't very finished in this picture.

>>136151
Heres one of the larger actual sculptures that I made.
This was an end of year final for school.

>>136156
And this is the mid year final.

Those were all well and good, but I really want to try some other stuff aside from/with stone.

I love /diy/, always there for ideas.
I'm currently thinking of trying out
glass blowing, metal smithing, and
just ways of making jewelry in
general.

Does anyone have any guides for making forges, and starting out with glass blowing and metal smithing?

>>136161
God damn captcha ate my image.

>>136161
Thanks!
>>133934
Sticky has links to Anvilfire, specifically the "how do I get started." Anvilfire has loads of guides on building your own gear.

>>136161

If you wanna watch and learn about metal working, subscribe to this guy. called the modern black smith.

I love to watch him, its very relaxing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjnXPYryoJQ

>>136134
carnelian

I make my own jewelry, this is a 18k gold ring with white gold in lay

>>136354
This is the same ring under produktion

>>136355
>>136354
How much would something like this cost you to make?

>>136355
>>136354
Are you a goldsmith by profession?

Post modern isn't strange post modern is over. It died off in the nineties.

KEEP UP.

Now it seems like we are in "Expanded Field".

Anyway, here's a fucking painting from last year. This year I'm going to get airbrushing down, I think. That way I finish this fucking degree and then I also have a potential source of income if I really fall on my face.

I need to make a trip to the library and meet up with my girl, but I'll be back later folks. Keep the thread alive for me, would you?

>>136439
Around 700 $

>>136453

Yes im a Goldsmith by profession, i make custom jewelry, my company's name is *Unique GoldDesign*

>>136133
What is that made of?

>>137075
How you did you get to be a goldsmith? I mean, was self-taught?

It took too long to get your company running?
I recently started learning silversmithing, just after graduating in communication engineering.
I really enjoy it and I'm considering becoming a silversmith or goldsmith eventually. Do you have any tips or sugestions?

This is a fucking sculpture I did last semester. He needs to be sanded and painted, which I have to wait til spring to do since it's cold outside and he's 3 feet tall.

I do a lot of glass, I am serious enough to have a GTT Mirage on an oxygen generator (~10K$) and over a hundred pounds of glass (108, 104, 96, boro).

Most of the stuff I own has been paid for by doing murrini but marbles/paperweights are a lot of fun.

>>137406
Here is the other side of the room, DIY CNC Mill + Lathe. I was machining parts when this picture was taken which is why the glass stuff has all been pushed to the side.

>>137408
And here is my bedroom.

I mostly do electronics up here. I also have a DIY laser cutter.

90% of my stuff is DIY so its a lot cheaper than you might expect.

>>137411
I am in love with your sleeping area. Was that made or bought?

Not mine, a friend of a friend of mine, a self-proclaimed yarnarchist, made this.

>>137277
I was a apprentice for 3 years at a goldsmith.

i'm in my 2 year, it usually takes 3 years to build upp a company.

it's great that you are an engineer, get Rhinogold 3 and start learning the program, its 3d vector

must keep this thread alive!
here is another ring I did. Hammered silver band with tube set citrine...

>>137531
Sir, yes, sir! I will start this weekend.
I thought that this kind of software were helpful only for industrial production purposes.

Here, where I live, there is almost no goldsmiths accepting apprentices and the ones who accept already have too many.

Today I bought my first engraving tool. Do you have any tips?

[that is the first thing I made. It's similar to a canadian engineer ring. sorry for the low quality picture]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgFcJFlipTI

Animator here, but here's a datamoshed video project for a class last semester.

>>139440
Did you also made the music?

>>139745
Yes, if you can call it that. I'm not very satisfied with the audio, but my audio-generating skills are non-existent.

You guys are amazing and creative and I love you!

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