Studio snapshot

Several of you have asked to see videos of my studio workings. It’s not really my thing, but early last week I thought I’d give it a crack. There’s no chit-chat or instruction as I’m far too self conscious for that, but I did forget about the video toward the end, enough to find myself humming away, so apologies 😆

It’s taken me a while to successfully upload the vid, but the previous weekend had been rainy and cold here, and resin being a fickle mistress doesn’t like cold or humidity, so the successful casting rate was frustratingly low. So I’d had some work to catch up on, which was why I was casting overnight. And I thought it would be the perfect chance for folks to see why it takes so long to produce hand made items. Quite simply, hand crafting takes time.

There are approximately five stages to these finished Xmas ornaments – 1. Design & sculpting. 2. Making moulds. 3. Casting. 4. Painting and trim. 5.packaging. This video focussed on the casting.

You should know this is not going to be an exciting video. I sped up/condensed the tedious turning part of the process/video, which – aside from making the trucks rumbling past on the freeway sound like race cars – shaved over 25+mins off the overall 45+mins time the process usually takes, and it’s still not exciting by any stretch, but if you need a snooze, this may just do the trick.

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Anyway, ta-da.

https://youtu.be/LcTNK1g5XqI