Plantae: Chalcitis lucidus
A project in Santa Barbara, CA by Joy Fire000days
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Latest News
Almost at the end!!! 
July 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Last few days of the kickstarter and things are going well! I'm almost done with the welding for this one, then I'll be on to making another. All chances to get involved end at midnight on Thursday the 1st! (Read More)
welding welding welding...
July 25th - via: kickstarter.com
I'm about half way done with the welding, it definitely takes time to cover that much ground. Its fun though, I really zone out when I'm doing it, its a zen thing :) (Read More)
I.S. welding...
July 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
I.S. stands for "intentional spatter", its a name I came up with to describe the kind of welding I'm doing on these pieces. Usually you want your weld to be clean and neatly "stacked", but I wanted these welds to be part of the sculpture, which meant... (Read More)
Standing on her own 3 stems!
July 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Did some more work today, very excited to get all the pieces together so she can stand on her own! I tacked the base together, then did some metal moving and bending with the oxy acetylene torch to arrange the "stems". Now for a lot of decorative... (Read More)
Bottle openers!
July 14th - via: kickstarter.com
I did some experimental forging to figure out bottle openers for rewards and this is what I came up with. I'll probably do a couple different styles, I'll post more pics when I get them made. (Read More)
More forging
July 10th - via: kickstarter.com
I've got the majority of the forging done for this one, I'm sure I'll have to do more here and there to get the stems to all fit together nicely. She's about 7 feet tall! The Chalcitis lucidus can grow much taller, but I only brought back some of the... (Read More)
More plants are growing!
July 4th - via: kickstarter.com
I did some more forging on what I think will be the largest lucidus. I started with 10ft long pieces of tubing, quite a bit of material to be swinging around! I came up with a joke/new term for myself while I was working, here it is. To "womanhandle"... (Read More)
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