Ei epoxyjente med hånda rundt et takkete sag. Som nettopp hadde sagd seg i den andre hånda, og gjemte den bak ryggen for å skjule forbrytelsen.

Eller hva med en epoxyfinger. Spikret til en krakk og hugget av med øks.

Alt dette kunne ha skjedd i huset Velkommen. Hvor ei øks ligger truende og slenger i hagen, mens en liten fugl er den eneste som driter i idyllen.

Du kunne laget en akrobatisk figur om å strekke og bøye seg i umulige stillinger, for å tilfredsstille andre og seg selv på en vanlig dag.

Du kunne sitte i romjula og kjenne deg fanget av idyllen, og i stille protest skulptere om juletreet til en håndgranat eller rakett.

Eller du kunne fortelle oss hvordan vi ser ut etter en lang kveld i tv-stolen. En kveld hvor vi i timevis har latt junk strømme inn i øynene og kanskje munnen, til det kjennes som kroppen delvis faller fra hverandre, og vi havner i en amøbeaktig tilstand som minner om bedøvelse.

Mannen bak alt dette heter Fredrik Raddum. Han fortalte meg på vernissagen at skulpturene er å betrakte som tilstander, men han vil legge minst mulig føringer på tilskueren når det gjelder hva slags tilstand. Med det i tankene kan du gjerne se igjennom bildene en gang til, og tenke over om de vekker andre inntrykk i deg enn de gjorde i meg.

Fredrik Raddum har også laget andre typer skulpturer, som denne i herdet stål, hvor du kan speile deg forvrengt som i et speilkabinett. Epoxyen har han selv modellert, men stålskulpturene er laget på bestilling i Kina, fordi det ble rimeligere og kineserne hadde riktig håndverksmessig teknikk. På veggen i et av rommene henger fotografier, hvor gråaktige landskaper forstyrres av fargebobler og tåkete konturer. Jeg spør om det er dobbelteksponering og håndkolorering? Raddum svarer nei, han bruker photoshop, for jeg er ingen maler, sier han, jeg prøvde det først og det ble ikke bra, og ikke er jeg god i mørkerommet heller, men datamaskiner er jeg vant til.

At han velger digital teknikk overrasker neppe bloggens lesere. Men det er langtfra noe opplagt valg i kunstfotokretser. Jeg har lenge tenkt, når jeg går i galleriene og hører folk sverme for analog teknikk, samtidig som de klager over økte priser fordi stadig færre bruker film – da har jeg tenkt at det bare er et spørsmål om tid før også fotokunstnere konverterer til digitalt. Ettersom digitalkameraene blir stadig bedre, og det blir klart hvilke muligheter som ligger i digital bildebehandling: hvor lett kontraster kan økes, lyseffekter forsterkes, eller som hos Raddum, hvor lett det er å «male» på bildene, legge til elementer og leke seg med dem: alt slikt du må slite vanvittig for å få til analogt – da kommer de til å oppgi analogsnobberiet.

Hvordan fotografiene ser ut må du selv gå til Brandstrup for å sjekke. Men her er Fredrik Raddum i samtale med publikum på vernissagen, og i flørt med sin egen epoxyjente med sag.

Utstillingen er åpen fram til 26. oktober. Galleri Brandstrup ligger i Madserud allé 34 bak Frognerparken, og nærmeste stoppested med buss/trikk er Thune på Drammensveien eller Frogner plass (ta snarveien over den minste brua i Frognerparken). I første etasje på galleriet er det samtidig en fotoutstilling som er verdt et besøk, av japaneren Kohei Yoshiyuki. Les mer om den hos Eirin på bloggen ogjegbare.

PS. Forresten har jeg bikket 50 000 besøkende siden sist! Jeg burde vel laget en egen jubileumspost, men det ble denne istedet. Takk for alle besøk!

Oppdatering: Kollektivbloggen Kjeft’a har nå også lagt ut bilder fra Raddums utstilling. Til dels har de valgt andre motiver enn meg, blant annet kan du se et par av de photoshoppede fotografiene her.

I still have tonnes of work to finish up, but until it's done I thought I'd give you a couple work in progress shots.  I would have liked some prettier photos, but I don't have time for that.

Enjoy!

]]> http://mygirlthursday.wordpress.com/?p=246 Sun, 28 Sep 2008 01:21:06 +0000 mygirlthursday http://mygirlthursday.wordpress.com/2008/09/28/all-kinds-of-resin-up-in-here/ Yesterday I got my order of resin in from Currys.  I was so happy because it's nearly impossible to find epoxy resin here in Peterborough.  Anyway, I got four packages that came out to be a half a gallon of the good stuff.  After last night I only have half of it left.  After tonight I will probably have none.  Is this an addiction?  What is resin doing to me?  It's just WAY too much fun.

Anyway, here's what my table looked like last night.  I'm just about to bust them out of their molds now.

I'll share more when I have them all finished up!

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Please email any questions to thursday@mygirlthursday.com

Then I realized the vinyl tubing is cheaper and easier to work with, altho not as rigid, so often ends up with a combination of pvc and tubing.

The SS Nuts can be gotten in several thickness and help with spacing the connected plates, as well as SS washers in many thickness' and diameters.

I also use the liquid tape and spray tape to insulate wires and bolts that aren't SS so they dont corrode. I did have one brand, that disolved in the catalyst, wish I could name it, but I cant remember it.

Shrink tubing is very useful for insulating bolts and wires, and can be found in most electrical depts.

Use epoxy or silicon to seal bolt holes if rubber seals wont do the job. I have found that pvc an cpvc glue may seal the pipe for liquids, but rarely a good seal for air or HHO gas, try pressure checking the cell by blowing into it thru a fitting while sealing the others, the leaks will become apparent and can be sealed. Using an air hose is probably over kill unless you intend to pressurize the cell for use as a torch.

Y me explicó el porqué. Todas esas palabras que a muchos todavía nos suenan a chino, provienen del petróleo: acetona, poliester, poliuretano, epoxy, parafina, pinturas... y si a eso añadimos el neopreno, lycras, plásticos, pegatinas, etc. resulta que, de todas las personas que pueden estar en una playa, precisamente somos nosotros, los surfistas, quienes más "contaminamos" el mar, sin ser conscientes de ello.

Curioso, ¿verdad? Habrá que andarse con mucho ojo la próxima vez antes de hablar de ecología, y mirar con más detalle qué es lo que podemos hacer para reducir el impacto que nosotros mismos con nuestras acciones estamos provocando a pequeña escala.

Here's a sneek peek at some of them.  For more details you can check out my Etsy.

Every Wednesday I work at home in my studio. As I only have one day a week in my studio, one of my goals is to be more disciplined with my time so I can get the most amount of work done in the time I have. The first step towards this goal is to create a task list for myself on what I'd like to accomplish in the studio that day. I'll make my task list up every Tuesday night. Another step in my goal process is to establish a weekly blog post entitled "Studio Wednesday" where I will share what I've been creating in my studio lately. A big thank you to my friend Amy who has been a big inspiration to me in setting this goal for myself.

The photos are of some of the jewelry I created with the faux jade polymer clay I found in my studio when I was cleaning. The pendant above contains the Kanji character for "Beauty". This was the word I chose for 2008.

Today I worked on my fringy bracelet and completed the first pass. On the second pass, I might add a couple more beads here and there but it will mainly be about reinforcing all of the heavier beads in the bracelet.

I also discovered that the sterling silver wires that I had super glued in the mokume gane polymer clay earring components weren't staying put. When I opened the loop to add the earwires on some of them, the wire started to move. So, after some internet research to find out what type of glue would work better, I went up to Lowe's and found an epoxy that works well on plastic which is basically what polymer clay is, namely polyvinyl chloride or PVC. Fine particles of PVC are suspended in a liquid plasticizer to create polymer clay. The epoxy has 2 separate tubes that are set side by side with a plunger that dispenses equal amounts of material for mixing. It is the mixing of these 2 materials that creates the strong bond. You can read more about how it works here. It will be fully cured in 24 hours so, hopefully, this will work to keep the wire in place in the polymer clay.

You can check them out at my Etsy or go in person to Made 4 You in Kingston, Ontario.

Hey Todd and Charissa,

I got the board yesterday and was psyched to see the sickest looking board ever on my couch. Unfortunately, I didn’t get to use it until today and even though it missed the best part of this fun little jersey swell we had, I did get to ride it all morning on the tail end of the swell, in waist high and glassy surf. I was very happy to find that the board backed up it’s sick looks in the water.

After only my first ride I realized that your on to something special over there in Ventura.

Everything seems effortless and flowing on my new board, from the takeoff all the way to the kickout. It definitely helps me throughout every single one of my turns, I can kind of feel it finishing off my roundhouse for me, which is pretty sick seeing as I’ve been working on it for months on my old board and now I can finally get it all the way around in one smooth motion.

On some of the bigger sets, I could actually feel this flex thing you were talking about, almost as if the board was slinging me through the turns,

especially when I really put some power into it (powerful for the 125 pound ME that is). It’s fast but not too fast where I’m out in the flats, and it paddles and rides like a dream. Plus its really light, which is awesome because I’m too light to be handling a PU the way I can handle this one. I couldn’t have asked for more.
This was my first experience ordering a custom board, and I was very very surprised. I went in expecting to ask for a board model and dimensions and any other specifications and that’s it. As evidenced by over 20 emails between myself and you, this was a very interpersonal project, with input and suggestions from both sides.

Honestly, this “talk to the shaper” thing is no baloney.

You said that I’d be stoked on a

……..magic Groveler IV.p……. well, Todd, I am.

Thanks so much for your time and effort,

Robert Crane, 15, New Jersey
Custom Proxy epoxy 5′11″ x 18 3/8″ x 2 3/16″ Groveler IV.p [performance]
rounded squash tail
Future EA fins

P.S. I’ll write back when I get the board in some real surf, but that may not be for a while out here in Jersey.

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Designer: Michael Wendel
The chair was sculpted at 1/8th scale using Sculpey clay. From there, the model was cut into ¼ inch slices. These slices were scanned, blown up to full scale, and plotted to be used as a template for the full scale model. From there, the templates were adhered to 2 inch pink insulation foam, cut out, and assembled to the full scale form. Countless hours of sanding later, the form was coated in 4 coats of Elmer’s glue to protect the foam from resin. After the glue was dried, the form was sprayed with chopped fiberglass using a chopper gun. Once dried, the fiberglass was sanded down, then coated with Bondo. After sanding the Bondo as smooth as possible, it was painted with high epoxy glossy white paint.

Sorry it took so long for me to write but it was awhile before we received some good swell for me to give the board a going over and since then

I have been having the most fun in my life surfing with it.

But before I get to the board I wanted to thank you for the most impressive service I’ve seen in awhile. You both were easily accessible, I never had to wait long for any sort of response to
questions and I felt the service was done with a smile. From Todd calling me in Spain and taking his time to discuss the board with me to Charissa keeping me updated on its progress, the service was high class all the way.

Now about the board….

First off it looks totally sick.

The kevlar looks awesome as does the greyish color from the glassing. Combined with the digital camo that you put on the bottom of the board it looks totally insane. I received tons of looks and comments about how incredible it looks and needless to say I love it.

As for the performance,

I don’t know what you do Todd but you must

cast a spell or sprinkle magic dust over it or something because this

hands down performs better then any other board I have tried.

I thought after reading your testimonials that maybe it was just a lot of hype but no - the board actually contains the properties of magic.
It almost feels like it is spring loaded just waiting to be fired. The best part about it has to be the way it handles turns as this is when it really shows its quality. The speed you get when coming off of the top of the lip is incredible.

You can feel the board ’spring’ off of the top and it feels a little like a sling shot.

I can’t stress enough how much better this aspect of the board is compared to other boards I’ve ridden. I seriously feel like I’m “flying” coming off the lip and down the face.

Since I have had the board I feel like I have taken my

surfing to a new level and I’m having way more fun in the water.

I also feel like you listened during our consultation interview to what I needed. The board is a nice balance for taking my surfing a level up yet keeping in mind my level of experience and size.

You shaped it spot on.

Anyway I couldn’t have asked for anything more and you can count me as your customer for life. I’ve attached a photo of the underside of the board and will send some more when I can get some shots of it in the water. Keep up the great work and service. If you guys ever head to Spain or Portugal let me know and maybe we can meet up and ride a few.

Muchas gracias por todo. Mis mejores deseos.

Craig Potsep, 34, Nigran, Spain
6′4″ x 18 7/8″x 2 3/8″ Groveler IV.p [performance] rounded squash tail

Proxy custom epoxy construction with Titanium Series Upgrades: Kevlar Compression Patch & Carbon Hinged Flex Tail

Visit the Custom Epoxy Surfboards page to read more about Proctor’s “Proxy” custom epoxy surfboards

Visit the Proctor Surfboards Worldwide Custom website to custom order surfboards, see movies of the boards in the water, and to see over 40 board models in 360 views

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Glaze Coat Pour-On High Gloss Epoxy Coating is an ultra-clear, high-gloss finishing epoxy ideal for home improvement and craft projects. Just one coat equals 60 coats of varnish.

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Below you'll find the directions for one of many Glaze Coat projects you can do. The end result may be different, but the steps are the same. For more detailed instruction, watch our video about Glaze Coat here. And get your questions answered on our FAQ page.

Glaze Coat Serving Tray Project

Supplies:

1 pt. Kit Glaze Coat
Unfinished or painted wood serving tray
Assorted photographs (we suggest color copies)
Apron
Latex gloves
Scissors
Masking Tape
White Glue
Mixing container
Stir stick
Spreader
Paint Brush

Tape bottom edge of tray with masking tape.

Cut photos in decorative shapes and apply to surface with white glue.

Let dry thoroughly.

Position tray on level pedestal for glaze coat application.

Wearing an apron and gloves, mix Glaze Coat precisely according to package directions

Pour Glaze Coat in the middle of serving tray. Spread to outside edges. With a paintbrush, brush additional Glaze Coat on the inner and outer sides of tray as well as in the inside of the handles. Use a hair dryer or torch to remove any air bubbles that might rise to the surface. Dry completely. When dried remove the masking tape from bottom of tray. For a high gloss finish - repeat procedure.

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Sorry I lost touch...Been surfing your board..

Best board ever totally awesome.

I have some video and pictures..When I get them put together I'll pick a few and send them....

Brian McCarthy, 42, Newport Beach, CA

Proxy Epoxy construction withTitanium Series Upgrade
Option 1.0: Kevlar Compression Patch
Option 2.0: Carbon-Hinged Flex Tail

SR71 rounded squash tail 6'4" x 18 7/8" x 2 3/8"

I surfed 2 foot Oceanside yesterday and I felt almost like Jay Phillips: catching waves outside with the longboaders, passing them, doing floaters and cutbacks on tiny waves.

Normally I would have gone home because it was so gutless and small, but I decided to put your "project" to the test. You passed!
A week ago I surfed Lowers and found, to my surprise, that the board worked equally as well backside. In some ways I even like it better because of the way it accelerates and snaps off the top.
The next day I was at walled, shoulder high Churches making sections no one else could.

And my three friends said I was surfing better than ever. The envy was thick. I

'm still making adjustments for more in-the-pocket surfing but I have zero complaints. On several occasions, complete strangers have asked about the board. Though I'd love to take credit and chalk it up to my surfing ability, the Lil Rascal has had an incredible affect on my surfing ability and stoke. Don't be surprised if you start getting calls from south Orange County.

Thanks for the insane board!

Mark Quest, 35, San Juan, Capistrano, California
Proxy Custom Epoxy 6'1" x 20" x 2 9/16" Lil' Rascal - custom shaped by Todd Proctor, MR-TX twin fins with trailer by FCS

I got the board that was shaped for me last Wednesday. It looks great, and it arrived on time and unharmed. Of course I couldn’t wait for a 2 foot mushy summer day to take it out, so the following Saturday when a shoulder high swell rolled in I gave it a first spin. To sum things up, the board rips.

It’s fast down the line, feels just right rail to rail, and catches everything!

I think anyone considering a fish for their quiver should seriously consider the lil’ rascal. The conditions were hollow early on and the

board practically paddled itself into waves.

Later in the day the winds turned onshore, and even when the waves got mushy the board performed at the same level. I was really impressed.

I also wanted to let you know that I really enjoyed working with both of you. The entire process was really smooth and easy and I would not hesitate to come to Proctor Surfboards again for another magical board. Shouldn’t be long until i’m looking for a new performance board!

Take care,
Joseph Zitarelli, 19, Pennsylvania
5′8″ x 19 3/4″ x 2 3/8″ Proxy custom epoxy Lil’ Rascal
Future Fins, Vector II FT1 w/ trailer

Visit the Lil’ Rascal on the Proctor Surfboards Worldwide Custom website and see the movies….

Just a quick note to say WWWWAAAAAAOOOOOOW!

Love the board!. It came in one piece only four days after you sent it. I went surfing the following day and the difference,

compared to my old board was like comparing a horse and cart to a Lambourghini Diablo!

I can’t believe how light it is, any movement or weight shift at all and it responds immediately, unlike the coffin I was surfin’ previously . This is definitely going to take my surfing to a whole new level. I just want to say thanks to both of you for your kind and very efficient service, I will not hesitate to buy another board from you in the future…

Anyway take care….

Thanks again,

Stay safe,

Niall Carlin, 38, Northern Ireland
6′6″ x 19 x 2 1/2″ Proxy custom epoxy Blackbird
Titanium Series Upgrades 1.0 & 2.0
Kevlar Compression Patch & Carbon-Hinged Flex Tail

The Blackbird

Remember those glorious days in college? The all-night keggers? Student Loans? Frat parties gone out of control? Pulling all-nighters fueled by fear, caffeine and Ding Dongs? Chemistry experiments going terribly wrong? Programming exercises that temporarily assumed control of the university mainframe's student records? Living on mac'n'cheese and sardines for weeks so you could pay tuition? How about working a "part-time" thirty-five hour-a-week job while taking a full credit load so you could pay for books, rent, gas, and beer? Remember those nice, peaceful naps in the back of a lecture hall while your micro-cassette recorder chugged away preserving the professor's weekly babblings? Ahh...those were the days! Just thinking about all those magic moments makes me warm and fuzzy...how about you? I'll bet anything you're still getting those friendly letters from the Alumni Association beseeching you for a tithing of your annual income, right? Preserving the legacy and all that?

With a flourish of brass and a rimshot, Ellsworth Adhesives is excited to announce the opening of our very own Ivy-covered halls in cyberspace! With the push of a couple buttons and a nervous breakdown by our Webmaster, we're proud to open the doors to Glue Doctor University!

'Wondering what this is all about? It's a natural extension of Ellsworth Adhesives' leading roll as the "Expert in Adhesives!" Sure, we can and WILL keep supplying the world with adhesives, sealants, coatings, encapsulants, dispensing and UV curing, products all from our vast inventory. But, with over 30 years experience in adhesive applications we've learned quite a bit. Now it's time to begin sharing our knowledge with you. Our Glue Doctor U "professors" are pulling all the requisite study materials and lectures together for you to peruse and learn from at your convenience. That's right! No tuition, kissing up to the professors, running from lecture hall to lecture hall or anything else that made your four-year sentence happy days in academia so (ahem) challenging.

Please consider this your invitation to stop by for a "campus" tour. Our very first class is our first-ever webcast: Thermal Conductivity - Bond-Line Thickness And Integrity In The Importance of Delivering Thermal K.  Class starts Thursday April 17, 2008 at 1 p.m. Central, 2 p.m. Eastern, 11 a.m. Pacific. Your professor: Phillip Canale, PhD and VP of Technologies for Techfilm, LLC. And unlike waiting in line at the last minute to squeeze a class into your schedule, all you need to do to register is click here, your syllabus is waiting! Sign up! It's fast. It's easy. And best of all, no financial aid paperwork to fill out! First-class educational opportunities without the high-costs.

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Hey...gotta run. It's two-fer tappers over at the student union! Anyone care to join me?

The second consideration is that there are people in the world living in areas that have devastated by famine. These people don't have fresh water to farm with, this is why they starve- they also have less money and social and infrastructure resources that city people take for granted.

Long term planning is an area in which they can improve during times when there is no famine. Often reaching out to others might happen when there is for example, the death of a baby due to famine. That would inspire people to seek help from sorrow. They might not have a plan to bring water in a way they never have. They would not consider using salt water because the land would be ungrowable for edible plants if the salt is not removed, but it can be removed.

So whether you use hho or solar energy or wind or wave power or even gasoline to fuel the pump, that pump can suck ocean water out of the sea out to the desert where land is not fine, but there is dirt.

There it will be distilled either by heat or normal evaporation, and either captured or not. The remaining salt will itself be accumulated in places where it can be removed and centralised for shipping to a trading center. Sea salt can be sold to cities for industrial and agricultural uses- it is tradeable. It can be used to prevent road slippage during snow storms, and is a standard food seasoner and preservative.

The pipes should be placed through the desert dirt like the veins in your arms. They must give the blood of the sea to the body of the land, so that the land will become flesh for you to eat. The animals will be happier that there is fresh water, and the plants will spring up new.

You need a lotta pipe though honey. After to you honey it with epoxy and apply the saran tightly, you will want to tilt the pipe such that the evaporated water beads down around the epoxy to the ground beside the tilted caterpipe- what you just made.

The second half of the keel was lined up with the first and taped in place. Clamps were then used to bring the keel half into contact with the keel spar. This was allowed to set for 24 hours.

I epoxied the keel spar inside the keel per the instructions with one exception. As you will notice in the photo, I've drilled three holes in the keel spar. The reason for this is just to give the epoxy somewhere extra to go and form a good grip. I've heard of one occasion where the epoxy gave over time, and the keel sliding off of the keel spar.