Making a finger and then a hand

It was a Busy weekend with 9 people in the shop working like a bunch of bee's.

This included some "tester" monkeys" More Dave is below.

And Just David

Medic using the slip hammer to make some tapers.

Alex is working on making scrolls

Karla is wire brushing a finger getting it ready to add scrolls

Brian is welding on some scrolls for the bone structure

The center line of the bone structure

And the Finger comes together.

another work batch of work photo's

hopefully we will have some great things to show soon, but until then here are pictures of us working.

im blog 6-15-09

working on the egg

The outline for the egg, about 9 1/2' tall

Starting to weld up the frame of the egg. Our current plan is to do it in three pieces, bottom and left and right.

Our first attemp to skin it.... we have since moved on and are trying some new ideas

We have the right idea but not sure we have the best way yet. I will be getting some new steel this week and we will figure it out.....

Work collage from the weekend of May 17th

This weekend we were finalizing the position of the hand using a ring that is close to the size of the egg at the point the hand is grabbing it.

Medic and Cyra are working on some of the rings for the egg

Tapers and scrolls being made for the finger bones
Kirsten, Kay and Alex

Kay and Kirsten making hoops for the egg using the rolling mill

Karla tapering and Ryan working in the back ground

Scape goat (Garwood) working out some measurements for the bone scrolls

Chris Concentrating

New Monkeys trying out the shop

Cyra Grinding

Alex and Cyra doing some forming

Ryan doing some grinding

Alex making large rings for the egg

Incunabulum - BONES

Today Medic and KristIn came to the shop and started working on the scrolls we will use to make the bone structure for the hand

working on the egg

So this weekend we worked on the egg

First we made a series of rings about the shape and size for different parts of the egg

We then welded the ends together

then we made cross pieces and cut a center pole the length of the egg (9 - 1/2 feet tall)

and this is what the egg would look like if you stepped on it.... more next week

First Day - incunabulum

Today was the first "work day" of incunabulam. The plan do a mock up to scale on the hand.

1" pipe cut to scale

T bird doing some cutting

Brian Welding up the palm/base

more welding

The Palm(minus thumb)
All the fingers (Thumb being welded by Chris)

reinforcing the welds but all in all the mock up is done. woo woo