Waiting Game
Katabatic Wind, 2016 — Convergent :: (click to see more)
Everything is ordered and the resin arrives tomorrow hopefully followed closely by the face mounted film and then... I pour.
Face Mounting
Gust Front, 2016 — Convergent :: (click to see more)
Waiting to see how the backlit film facemounts to the back of the plexi before I order the rest of the resin but looks promising. Then it's pour, pour, pour as I practice my careful no-air-bubbles clear film rolling technique. Almost there!
Epic Fial – Rinse, Repeat
I poured the next layer of resin and damn if it didn't go REALLY well - especially after all my anxious planning and scheming. I switched my measuring and second stage mixing gear to glass away from plastic after I found during extensive vacuum testing - which almost melted my pump - that the plastic ...
Go For Launch
Yellow Wind, 2016 — Convergent :: (click to see more)
Yep the first pour went ... well - kind of. LOTS of air bubbles that were hard to get out of the syrupy resin mix even after 25 minutes in a vacuum chamber but got most of them - with diligence. Then had some other ...
Big Time
Ball Lightning, 2016 — Convergent :: (click to see more)
At long last I'm actually ready to pour the resin. Everything is levelled out so the resin will flow evenly. Got a way to clamp the form closed and another way to seal up the seams so resin doesn't drain out the cracks plus another ...