Polymer Clay Fan

The tutorial in this video is for all of those interested in the process of creating a single part mold. I go into detail on creating the mold box and pouring the silicone mold.

My goal for this tutorial is to show step-by-step how the GoreArtistry cigar ashtrays are created from concept to the final product. The tutorial will be covering the following topics.

1. Basic picture tutorial for the sculpting of the ashtray
2. Creating the mold
3. Pouring a cold-cast bronze
4. Sanding and polishing the cold-cast bronze
5. Final product

The first step in any project is coming up with a design. Great sculpting on top of a poor design will in most cases result in a mediocre product.  However, I’ve seen projects that have great designs with average sculpting skills create something that really is interesting to look at.  My goal is to hopefully strive for the best of both worlds with a product that results from above average sculpting skills and a great design (we shall see if I’m able to pull it off). Read the rest of this entry »

For the most part I live a very healthy lifestyle, I’m in the gym six to seven days a week, eat very clean (except for Saturdays) and rarely drink.  I’m not oblivious to the fact that most people will probably find me to be a pretty boring person but hey I am what I am.  However, that being said one of the vices in my life is that I like to smoke cigars.  I don’t get to smoke them often, at best only a couple times a week, but they are something I’ve come to really enjoy over the years.

I enjoy collecting different cigar accessories, for example lighters and cutters, however one of the key accessories that was missing from my collection was a cigar ashtray.  There are quite a few cigar ashtrays out there that have a good design but I have yet to find one that really grabs my attention.  One of the key advantages of being an artist is that if I’m unable to find what I’m looking for in the commercial market I can always create it myself.  I wanted an ashtray consisting of skulls and skulls so it was off to the workshop to begin my project. Read the rest of this entry »

Few pictures showing my latest updates.  Most of my recent work has been on the right side of the angel.  I’m now working on the left side and hope to have him completed here in a few weeks.  After that the demon side of the cigar ashtray is left with some minor work on the top of the vase.

I’ve come to realize that most of my personal sculpting projects will probably never get completed.  One example of this is a warrior angel sculpt that I started some time back.  I really like a lot of things about this sculpture and after closely looking at it again I felt that it would be a great addition to my new cigar ashtray.  The side benefit here is that I’m also able to shorten the amount of time that it will take me to complete this project.

The gallery below shows some progress pics of my angel.  I’m sculpting the wings from scratch since the original ones really didn’t work well with my vase.

For those of you out there that enjoy cigars, or know someone else that enjoys cigars, we are holding a Facebook contest where you could win one 0f the GoreArtistry cigar tools or ashtrays for free.  The contest rules are as follows.

One lucky winner will win any one item of their choice (set of nubber & draw tool, or an ashtray) from the cigar tool line up (all items can be viewed at www.GoreArtistry.com).

The way this contest will work is as follows:
– Once there are 200 likes on the GoreArtistry Cigar Tools Facebook fan page I will place paper numbers from 1 to 200 in a bucket and draw one number at random.
– Which ever number is drawn the person with the same like number will win. Example say you were the 50th person to like the fan page and the number 50 is drawn then you will be the winner. I am setting the contest up this way so the people that have already liked the page will have a chance to win also.

– The link for the fan page is: http://www.facebook.com/pages/GoreArtistry-Cigar-Tools/171704929580799