Polishing

With fabrication finally complete the sculpture was then professionally polished.

Shiny!

Fabrication 8

The small end of the sculpture will taper off quite sharply.  To get the right profile I made a temporary arm that swings around so the short metal rods can be arranged in concentric bands.

There are quite a few journeys to and from the studio required as the sculpture gets pickled, polished and installed.   A temporary frame was constructed to enable the sculpture to be loaded and transported more easily.

Fused Glass

There's such a transformation from firing the crushed and powdered glass.  Here's a before and after comparison...

Fabrication 7

Almost there...

Interior view from the small end:

It feels like it's taken forever, but finally the outside strips are complete!

Image designs by UTC students

The last few science images being created by students at UTC Oxfordshire: 

  

  

  

Fabrication 6

Finally finished all the strips along the right-hand side:

  

Cracking on down the left side now...

Fabrication 5

It's a painstaking process, slowly but surely working my way around adding the side strips:

The view inside shows all the welds: