What happens if you fill a seashell with metal? Huge conch shell filled with molten metal
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ก.ย. 2021
- In this video I will be filling a huge seashell with molten brass in an attempt to create a perfect casting of the internal structure. I started with a Spider Conch seashell and made a simple sand mold using petrobond casting sand. I then melted brass in my DIY home foundry and poured it inside the shell. I then broke the casting out of the shell and cleaned it up. I rearticulated the parts of the shell onto the casting and then mounted the whole thing on a piece of Mahogany wood. This was a fun project and I may revisit this idea in the future.
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If you have a 3D scanner, it would be really cool to scan the shell before and the casting afterwards, and then 3D print a clear replica to replace the part of the shell that was broken away.
or just use the 3d print to make a mold of the shell to cast and keep the original shell intact instead of failing at casting it...
You don't just melt metal like a lot of people you make beautiful art
Absolutely gorgeous! At first I thought it was a bad call to leave the broken edges of the shell rough instead of sanding them smooth, but in the end it looks so good! The rough broken edges contrast beautifully against the smooth shiny metal and makes the casting look like it's "breaking out" of the shell (which it kinda did lol)! You have an excellent eye for aesthetic design!
If you had a mold of the original seashell you could have potentially made a transparent resin shell that would replace all the parts that were broken. I think it would look amazing to have something that looks like a glass shell, with a brass core.
This was an interesting project! I hope you all enjoy watching the video. Let me know if you have any ideas! Have a good weekend! 🍻
I think a nice finishing touch would be to add a small brass plaque with the common and scientific names onto the front of the mahogany plate you made! Super interesting project that turned out beautiful!
I wonder, if you use oil instead of water to cool down metal.
You could try (with great difficulty) to cast Dunkleosteus skull or a dinosaur skull or skeleton. Push yourself to do something with a complex layout
I’m curious 🧐
How did you make that beer keg oven?
Truly they’re not that thick right?
That, sir, is art. Well done.
I'd like to see the spikes cast as aluminum. They would makes great contrasting accents.
It amazes me that the molten brass doesn't make the shell explode on impact! Keep up the good work and I will see you in your next video 👍⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
It'd be mostly silica and calcium
Finished piece was awesome loved the man made and natural combination together. Again thinking outa the box
Knocked it out of the park with this one..
sick wall art!!
Awesome work. Love the finished product on the wall.
I like the way you think. It looks like the metal broke through the shell. Pretty cool!
As neat as the casting is, I'd like the shell. I've never seen one like that before.
Ditto
Same
The craftsmanship process is just as artistically beautiful as the shell itself. Thanks for sharing your work with us
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@@mxsrmmeow3917 have not, thanks for the share!
It's really great!
I am baffled, in this age of specialization, that a metal worker also knows woodworking :-) Great vid, educational and entertaining.
Very Skilled Person right here. Very Skilled!
Great piece! Really smart way to mount it.
Your cast would be a representation of the creature that made and lived in the shell. You have immortalized it.
From Philippines watching you
Looks great mounted!! I know a bar that'd love to have that on their walls
Have you ever thought of doing a smaller shell and turning the finished piece into a necklace? It would be alot harder but I bet a loved one would cherish it forever!
Awesome! ✌️
What the Shell!
My word good Sir, Your work is absolutely stunning!
it makes me sad this doesn’t have millions of views bc this is incredible
Absolutely stunning mate! Turned out very nicely!
Absolutely beautiful work!
Really lovely. I feel the frame didnt do it justice though. Amazing craftsmanship!
Fantastic, love the end result. Didn’t expect the way you completed this project.
WOW! Brilliant result!
Beautiful piece.
Congratulations your spider conch involved into a golden spider conch
Man, I was thinking how insanely ugly it was when you broke off the shell......... but you really pulled it off putting the broken spikes back on, it went from trash to treasure~
Great video~
Awesome project!
Also great tip on how you mounted, way simpler than what I would've over thought and went with!
Very nice! The mounting board was a nice touch.
And at 3:48 I learned the meaning to a word I knew but had always assumed was made up. Props to you Magic the gathering for teaching me weird metallurgy/smithing terms.
Castings of partly decomposed leaves always amazed me,
now this shell does too.
Awesome. The presentation came out really nice at the end. Interesting hybrid of a piece.
The shell with the still red hot metal inside is an awesome visual. The end result was incredible.
Excellent well done. Looks brilliant.
It turned out amazing! I love that you take care of proper safety measures 💛
Great job. :)
It really shows what the hidden inside of the shell beautifully.
Nicely done! Looks great!!
A fine work. Great project.
I think the shell was so much more beautiful
That is amazing, true art.
Beautiful!
Love your work.
Looks great!!!
That’s so brilliant!
Super nice cast and project
Very cool project. Thanks for sharing!!
Awesome project. Great work 👏
Another amazing job… you rock‼️
wow - what a nice piece!
Stellar finish
That actually turned out really cool
That is a beautiful work of art, and someday, it may be worth a lot of money (if it isn't already). Save it for your grandchildren.
Awesome work
so cool I just saw both the shell videos and man thats awesome
great piece
Ah, you just gotta love the way his mind works!
Omg! I think I’ve just found my new favourite channel ❤️ I could quite literally sit and watch this stuff all day 👍
Cool idea!
Awesome! More like this!
That was amazing thank you. You are a genius
I find there is absolutely no finish better than Tung oil finish. Great casting and lovely display!
Very impressive!
GREAT IDEA!!
Dope AF job!
that looks really cool
That is really fantastic
Beautiful
That turned out really great!! Would also like to see you cast the outer layer in petro. Would be good to see the whole thing in brass or Nordic Gold =)
super cool what you have done with seashells and alum :)
Very cool!
That really looks nice.
drill and thread the metal cast rather than wire.. awesome project and a great result
Very good very nice 👍
Absolutely love the finished piece, the metallic core surrounded by the pieces of shell is really beautiful!
i think the swelling you captured, was the thermal release of C02 by CaC03 in the shell. awesome process/result!
Interesting project 👍
My real name is Michael McCluskey. I like watching videos where someone makes art work!
That was very watchable 👍👍
This could really throw off an archaeologist one day 😐🔎
1:46 This part made me crave shellfish.
wow, ART PIECE, good heavens, that is so so nice, sell them , i would buy one right now
Wonderful. Shared.
Overthinking is sometimes part of the process. It let us think all the possibilities before arriving to get a conclusive result. Even if it looks simple, that means all considerations were thought out. Besides that point the brass seashell looks stunning.
You gave it life.
love these videos cool idea man
Ohmigod! What a beautiful piece of work! I love the metal and shell together like that! Wow! 👍❤
So cool! Sell sell sell!!!!!
Good job brother
great work. Thought you would cast the shell spikes in the sand then remove them from the shell body so when you poured the spikes would have also been brass. your way was more artistic. love the result.
Amazing
Sweet dude😛
Love it! Except I might have mounted with bolts after threading the brass.
You are not only but also. I mean a carpenter and metal worker.
We should always leave shells like this on the beach or throw it back in the water for it to be re-used by another sea creature.
Unless they’re damaged.
Gaia needs our help.
Still an awesome idea and a great video though! ❤ 👏