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Pine Coneby ~ou8nrtist2

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Here's the first iteration and result of a design problem I've been mulling over for a couple of months,namely how to FABRICATE,(as opposed to casting), a pine cone with reasonable accuracy. I eventually realized a good stock reproducible shape to start with would be PUNCH PARTS. So I considered my industrial connections and got access to a wonderful old 65 ton J.C.Whitney punch. On a Saturday I took over two plates,one of 3/16ths silicon bronze (which this piece is made from), and a stainless plate which was 1/8th inch thick.I've used an oval punch to make these petal like shapes...
I'm reasonably pleased with this piece,but obviously some of the details can get refined if I go further.
Welded silicon bronze-height 3"

The pine cone exhibits some rather incredible Sacred Geometry characteristics. The petals are configured in controposto radiating spirals like the seeds of a sunflower head,and the RATIO of the left hand spirals to right hand spirals almost always follows the FIBONACCI SEQUENCE.
This arrangement of petals allows for the MAXIMUM surface area (for respiration) with the MINIMUM of organic material...almost as if it was DIVINELY engineered ,thus we have the term Sacred Geometry.

Update Oct 28th 2009
This was a commissioned piece, though I had some difficulty reconnecting with the client after the initial meeting. In this case I had not been prepaid. Usually I take some money down(half), to begin the process (which generally starts with research). But the design problem was already logged into my on board auto rotational program(my pea brain),and so I went ahead with solving the riddle as if funding were already in place(a bad habit). I am pleased to report the client came by today and was overjoyed at the work and paid the fee in full...Yay, I get wine tonight ...LOL

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Thank you,
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thank you ,thank you

~Djoseph Oct 13, 2009 Hobbyist Writer

I've always loved the way you craft organic things out of metal. This is another fine example.

Hard for me to judge how big it is. A bit bigger than real life, no?

~ou8nrtist2 Oct 13, 2009

Thank you Joseph,
It is definitely a labor of love.
A young man approached me earlier this summer. He saw the ACORN PENDANT I made for a Burning Man client and asked if I could fabricate a pine cone (but he had only $300 to invest). I couldn't really dislodge the challenge,even though that's not really much money considering the materials, time,and research,but like so many times before,I have gone ahead and made the piece...I hope he'll like it when he gets in touch.

This one is 3 inches high,so it is actually life size but in truth there are pine cones of every shape and size...
I always do a fair amount of research before fabrication(Google Search).I was amazed at the variety that exist in the world.
This piece was a bit tricky in that I had to fabricate it upside down in order to get my welder in there tight enough to attach the parts.
And it is bronze so it will darken nicely over time and the more it's handled.

~Djoseph Oct 15, 2009 Hobbyist Writer

I really appreciate the thoroughness in your works. That guy better appreciate it too.

Nice choice of material as well. I don't know much about metallurgy, but I love bronze.

~ou8nrtist2 Oct 19, 2009

Thanks for your vote of confidence,
The guy just contacted me and is still interested...
We'll meet up this week.

~Djoseph Oct 20, 2009 Hobbyist Writer

Hope he'll like it enough to pay a reasonable price.

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