Real world Wip. Glass sculptures.

[Rich O Brien]

it's gonna look insane when it's together and lit.

when they unveiling? need to book tickets to go to bendigo

[Box]

@rich o brien said:

when they unveiling? need to book tickets to go to bendigo

Still don't know when, there have been some delays on their end and some hiccups on my end...
But steal a loaf of bread or rustle a sheep or two and you'll be out here in no time.

[baz]

@box said:

@rich o brien said:

when they unveiling? need to book tickets to go to bendigo

Still don't know when, there have been some delays on their end and some hiccups on my end...
But steal a loaf of bread or rustle a sheep or two and you'll be out here in no time.

Haven't been to Bendigo for yonks, might have to detour there on my next trip north.

[Box]

Moving into the next stage, the lamination process.
Some awfully big and temperamental machines.
Here we will be heat bonding batches of six layers together to form 28 200kg blocks.
These will then be cold bonded to create the final two block.
Here's a couple of pics to give the lie of the land.

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![One 200 kg test lump of glass loaded on the final gluing rack.

And yes, all the racks you see here have been designed and constructed using sketchup.](/uploads/imported_attachments/H30m_5.jpg "One 200 kg test lump of glass loaded on the final gluing rack.

And yes, all the racks you see here have been designed and constructed using sketchup.")

[andybot]

looks like a very painstaking process, bet it will look pretty incredible when complete.

[cotty]

Monster machines for the monster project...

[Box]

First bit of cooking.
18 layers of glass ready to be taken out of the oven.
A nice 600kg

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[Box]

As we move up through the layers it starts to be more recognisable as a figure, or at least parts of a figure.

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[Box]

A new stage of the process. this is 4 of the cooked blocks racked on the gluing rig.
It's not that interesting to look at but is a major step towards completion.
The top section of the steel rack will clamp around the completed block and separates from the rest to be used for transportation and final lift and rotation into position.

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[Rich O Brien]

that's insane!

this thing must cost!

[Box]

Yes, Cost indeed, we'll barely break even on them I'm afraid. But they'll get us other more lucrative work.

[baz]

@box said:

Yes, Cost indeed, we'll barely break even on them I'm afraid. But they'll get us other more lucrative work.

Thank god for artists, always optimists. XXX

[tuna1957]

The further along this goes, the more impressed I get. Hope the "they'll get us more lucrative work" ends up actually happening. Been down that road plenty, always turned into a dead end for me.

[boofredlay]

Amazing work. Thanks for sharing.

[Bryan K]

Thanks for the update and pictures.

[Box]

We are finally getting close to having one finished.
How he looks tonight with just a work light.

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[baz]

Fantabulus!

[tuna1957]

off the scale !!!! looking at this last pic can't help thinking about solo frozen in the block of carbonite.......

[Mike Amos]

@tuna1957 said:

off the scale !!!! looking at this last pic can't help thinking about solo frozen in the block of carbonite.......

Agreed, more impressive all the time.

[Box]

Once again been too busy to post lately but finally getting close to the end.
Quite a few technical bits and lighting etc to come so it will be another month or so until they are on site and properly visible.
But here they are just before the last 200 kilo block it fixed on the second one, basically making them finished.
They are almost impossible to photograph in this situation as the surroundings seem to suck the light out of everything. But in real life they are quite something.

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