I managed to get the railway shoes shot blasted and picked them up before returning to work in the city. I was very happy with the results. I had to quickly spray them with WD40 to stop them from rusting over once more. Close up you can see the pitted texture of the metal. I'm not sure yet whether I will leave them as they are or cover one with gold leaf. I will think it over during the next couple of weeks as here is no rush with this particular piece.
I went around north London speaking to engravers and all of them were completely useless and totally overpriced £80 for the following text to be placed on the first stainless steal box section for the frame stands,
1. 1m3 has same calorific count as a Mars bar.
I realised late in my week in the studio that I already knew a guy, Alain, who has a great workshop full of laser cutters, profilers and computerised engravers as well as machines for turning out all sorts of precision, bespoke machinery. I met him through Tim Phillips, an artist from my previous residency at the Florence Trust, who used Alains services extensively and I had been to the workshops several times before to help Tim move work.
I left the box section with Alain once we had entered the text into the computer and he said he wold have it ready for next week. He would have done it there and then taking 30 minutes but i had not bet on this and did not have any money with me ad little time, which was a shame as I would have loved to see the machine at work.
I spent part of the afternoon looking at Gabions and some sculptural uses. Next week I shall order a half dozen to take with me to spurn. The following images were just some of the results of my search.
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