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Oct 27, 2005 14:11

The chances of me being a starving artist in New Mexico for some unspecified amount of time after I graduate appear to be getting better all the time. All I need is camera equipment, a clamp, a jeweler's saw, two pairs of pliers, and a ton of metal wire ( Read more... )

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jennik October 28 2005, 01:48:04 UTC

Rob is taking welding? Hooray for Rob! Hooray for welding! Hooray for unexpected-art-majoring!

(Jennifer took a metalworking class this summer, and is probably going to be an art major. She's not as good with a camera or a stick, though.)

zanian October 28 2005, 16:00:09 UTC

Rock on with the metalworking. Metalworking roxorz my soxorz.

squyd October 28 2005, 02:26:12 UTC

Know what you need even more than all that?

YOU NEED TO FIX SYD'S GLASSES.

...love you. I'm not really a demanding bitch. I swear.

moi_qui_reve October 28 2005, 14:09:40 UTC

You probably know more than I do about the science of this, but here's my art safety training in action: having hands that smell like copper, while practically inevitable, is actually really bad for you. Worse than inhaling chalk dust, or even some solvents (denatured alcohol for one if I remember right). You can double-check against the Monona Rossol book I had to learn the chart from...they have it in Lilly.

But yeah, I've been to the point where my snot contained copper oxide dust, and that's a bad thing. Get yourself some liquid Lava or Fast Orange and help keep the copper from going to the kidneys.
I want to see what you've made when I get back.
And if you're ever near Chicago, the Art Institute has quite a collection of chain mail...

zanian October 28 2005, 16:00:39 UTC

I actually might be in Chicago in a few weeks, surprisingly enough...

lunaesia October 28 2005, 16:07:17 UTC

I have two pairs of jeweler's plyers and some 17 gauge galvanized steel.

zanian October 28 2005, 16:44:29 UTC

Yeah, I tried to work with 14 gauge galvanized steel the other day. Yeah. I switched immediately to the 16 gauge stuff. The 14 gauge actually started to damage my plyers.
Oh, yeah! I meant to ask you, how do you keep steel chainmail from rusting? I imagine it would be a problem.
Oh, yeah, I'm going to get a bunch of nickel silver wire soon. It's exciting!

lunaesia October 29 2005, 16:29:08 UTC

My galv steel has never rusted. It turns darker with age, but I think the dark steel color is prettier.