Royal Agricultural Winter Fair 2011

Hello! This post is a little bit different than the previous ones. I thought I should send out a big "Thank You" to everyone who came and watched me at The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair this year. Thank you so much for your support and enthusiasm, it was an unbelievable experience, and I'm glad I got to be a part of it. Here are a few photos from the event, as well as two links to videos starring yours truly!

Just another day on the farm

The finished piece(s) all together

Me (with the spokesperson of Gay Lea butter) ready to face the crowd

My mom was kind enough to surprise me at the fair, she came all the way in from Cobourg. Had a great time taking a break from the fridge to give her the tour of the fair. You can see more images at her blog, http://www.somerandomknit.blogspot.com. She took this one of my piece with the 1st place ribbon!

Thanks mom!

 And here are two different videos taken at the fair, starring myself and my two lovely new friends - Shirin and Aramika! Two amazingly talented women who I had the pleasure of spending my weekend with! 

http://www.citytv.com/toronto/citynews/video/166165

http://vimeo.com/32270406

Thank you to everyone once again. It was a pleasure. Until next year!!

Cutting the gates + patina samples on hand

Here's another small update. Last week I started grinding the gates off of the piece. My teacher was kind enough to give the class a demo using my piece, so it was one less thing I had to worry about.

Jeff cutting off the first gate

A close-up

Sanding down the piece after cutting the first gate

Jeff sandblasting the piece after sanding

All gates removed with patina samples

 

Thanks for looking!!

Ceramic shell fired + casting finished! (Picture heavy)

Went to school, and the burn out of the wax had already been finished. The ceramic shell was ready to go! Casting was right around the corner!

The fired ceramic shell with my project # tag attached

 

 

The shell is ready for the bronze to be poured

Okay!! So I went to school on the day of the casting to hear that it was already done a few days before, while I was butter sculpting at the Royal Winter Fair (pics to follow). Sadly, that meant that I missed the bronze pour, but it also meant that my piece was ready to be de-vested. Enough talk, onto the photos!!

De-vesting was a success!!!

Wow!!! She survived

The remnants of my ceramic shell

Fresh out of the mold!!

Little shrinkage happened in the process of casting, quite a success

Ready for grinding!

Tune in tomorrow for more updates and patina samples!!!