The idea.
I glue the paper to the titanium plate. Then when it is dry, I wet the paper with oil.
After it has soaked, the oil is wiped off and the remaining oil left in the paper lubricates the blade. With titanium I still add extra oil when I saw it.
For 1 mm brass, the paper works fine on its own.
Cut out and bent it a bit.
I use a cross cut flame shaped tungsten carbide bur to smooth thing out.
I gave it a semi type polish
I can't remember why I made the body like this. I know I cut a hot shit red tourmaline for this piece. But I had just put the finishing touches to Nest, and I think I was suffering from project fatigue. Waste of gold, as far as I'm concerned.
I also remember wanting to come back to this piece because I didn't like the way the brooch sat on cloth.
In fact, I liked fuckall of this brooch. But since I don't own it anymore, who cares.
I also set diamonds and rubies and emeralds into it.
It looked quite mean on the wall sculpture though
But like I said in the Nest wall sculpture build. The entire sculpture hung on the wall for three years in Dusseldorf in my shop, and not one fucking person ever noticed it.
And it hung right by the door.
So, needless to say, this spider was a total failure from that point of view.
Usual shit ending.
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