05-28-2008, 03:31 PM
My dream is to have two interchangeable bronze sheet facings. One plain or with a painted design on it, and one with the Amazonomachy worked on it in relief. (I have some work to do.) I have found a metalspinning company that may work with me on spinning a face. Bronze is incredibly expensive right now, so I have to see what I can do. I can always face it in leather and paint it. I will face the rim in bronze no matter what (it dings easily). I can't use the shield as a spinning blank because it will break. The spinners use hard maple wood blanks on a tool steel base (I toured their plant).
If I can't get it spun, I thought about making a form in my backyard, pressing my shield (protected) into wet concrete, and dishing bronze sheet into the depression. I don't know about that, yet.
Attached is an Arch E size pdf of my shield drawing. It is full size with a cross section.
If I can't get it spun, I thought about making a form in my backyard, pressing my shield (protected) into wet concrete, and dishing bronze sheet into the depression. I don't know about that, yet.
Attached is an Arch E size pdf of my shield drawing. It is full size with a cross section.
Cheryl Boeckmann