I have been missing a lot of my favorite metalshapers for quite a while now. I didn't know where you all had gone. The other side of town sure ain't what it used to be. Anyway, I finally found you.
I am a former wooden boatbuilder turned sculptor. I work primarily in sheet metal during the summer, when I am at my shop in California, and in bronze casting in the winter at my shop in Mexico. Most of my sheet metal work is in 1100 aluminum and 304 stainless. Let it be known now that I truly hate stainless steel. A more obnoxious metal to work with has never been created. It dulls your tools, eats up your sandpaper, work hardens almost instantly, and refuses to be formed unless it's red hot. But still I keep doing it. It's just so damned gorgeous when it's finally done and polished.
Here's a piece I made this past summer:
My name is Rasper over on the other side of town, but I figured I would sign in here as myself. Rasper is the name I use in internet poker games.
Anyway, it's good to find some old friends.
Richard