Making an Organic Aluminum Sculpture out of Styrofoam!
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- Here are some more photos of the finished cast aluminum sculpture: / cqw3knyo7ch
Thanks again to my classmates Viktoria and Ellison and my professor Kevin for helping with the aluminum pour!
Also a little more clarification on the step I wasn't sure about, where nitrogen was being injected into the molten aluminum. This is called degassing, the nitrogen flowing through the aluminum bonds to hydrogen atoms in the liquid. The aluminum has previously pulled the hydrogen from the atmosphere, but removing this makes the aluminum more pure and makes for better casts.
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Peter, I doubt you'll see this but I just wanted to thank you. On 13th April one of my closest friends took their own life and it has been incredibly difficult to cope with as they were a lot of people's rock, including my own. Not long before they passed, we were talking about you. Just general chit-chat that you don't think about so much until you look back after they're gone and realise there was more to it. We were talking about how your content had made both of our individual depressions ease. They used to have manic episodes and your videos, especially the drawing your feelings ones, would help to calm and ground them. They, like I'm sure many do, turned to your videos in times of pure anguish in order to find some kind of hope and meaning. Whether it was your calm tone or just the way you have with words, I simply can't know now, but there was something special about you and your content that just helped to keep them grounded and safe. I genuinely believe that you and your videos helped to keep my friend alive that little bit longer. If it weren't for your videos, I may not have had so many of the memories of my friend I get to hold dear. So, thank you, Peter. While I'm sad they aren't here anymore, I'm very grateful that you helped to keep them going without even realising it. Stay safe anyone who reads this, you are loved xx
These sorts of videos of the process at your school are so neat. It's also cool to see your classmates, and see you all having fun interacting.
Regarding the respirator, the filters you have on are more for dust over vapours. Definingly recommend picking up a set of vapour/gas filters for the mask
This was awesome - the intro, your explanation of the process, the change of seeing you work in a really physical medium and interacting with other people, the part where you re-textured the sculpture with the needle gadget, and your happy smile at the end.
Usually when I watch videos, if I miss a part I just keep going, but with this one I went back and watched every bit. I hope you're pleased with the end result (both the sculpture and the video) because they're both great.
Hey Peter! Love this piece, not sure if you’ll see this but thought I’d put it here anyway: I’m studying you in college !! We had a project to chose an artist we love to experiment with their work, and I chose you!!!!! The style was so cool to work in and I loved analysing your art, and the project has helped me decide where I want to go next with my own art: biomorphic forms! Im so excited to get to develop my own style at school and thank you for everything you do, you and your work are fantastic 😼
That turned out great - strong coral vibes for me. The soot worked out really well IMO.
Peter, we used those Needle Scalers in the Navy to remove paint from the ship exterior prior to repainting. They were called Needle Guns when we used them and I spent many long hot summer hours using them. At the end of the day your hands and arms would be numb from the vibrations all day.
All I can say is “Thanks”. This kind of expertise information is a blessing to those who at the moment don’t have the money or advantage to get it otherwise. A true contribution to those with dreams.
It's cool to see how something like this is created. It turned out great!
Never new there were that many steps in casting a sculpture, very interesting. This piece looks absolutely stunning though! The carbon soot built up makes the sculpture seem like it has some sort of permanent shadow, like it doesn’t abide by the light physics of this world
Wow, that really is amazing, Peter. The whole process was incredibly documented as well. Very enjoyable watch.
Intro was perfect
reminds me of an ancient artifact of the spine of my people, i love it
"Foundry Professor"? Coolest title!
That sculpture came out incredibly cool. I especially appreciate the time and effort you put into bringing us along for the educational journey. I regret not taking any foundry and metalworking classes in art school. I’d like to do that some day. Thanks, Peter. Great job!
I didn't take any classes either but I learned online. Not just through TH-cam but also read papers on the subject and talking to people on forums.
Nice work!
Thank you for showing us the process. I dont think prople realize how much effort goes into casting.
Really cool! Reminds me of those ant hill castings
This was so cool! It reminds me of my mold making class in college, only we poured iron
this is pretty nice and good. the soot really added to it
3:30 ooo looks like a chocolate slice with flummery topping 😍 Very satisfying process!
"Cajun Aoli" was oddly specific, I appreciate that!
Your sculpture turned out wonderfully, I didn't realize there were so many steps involved. Thank you for the flashing light warning too 👍
If anyone ever Peter doesn't have a spine, well now he can show you his spine! Very cool looking art
It turned out amazing!!! Great work, so happy for you!!
I love this sculpture
Very cool project and very cool sculpture! 🙀
Thanks for this! So cool, Peter.
Now this is Casting Level 7 at its finest
1. Fascinatingly informative video, thanks. Personally I know all about drawing but nothing about sculpture, so please, more sculpture demos!
2. I'm sure being able to remove seams is a crucial skill. But seams can be cool sometimes.
Yeah some metal casters leave the parting lines on their pieces, it’s a cool way to hint at the process
That was amazing. Wow! Thanks so much for sharing!!
really interesting video. I like these sculpture videos a lot
Sick! I really enjoyed this one Peter. Thanks for sharing!
It would be quite cool with those paints that give the illusion of changing colour from purple to green, where they look like oil slick
Wow, great work! That turned out so nice!
That was so cool! Love that sculpture. It's been fun watching you and your art evolve over the years.
Great stuff Peter. I'm a sculptor myself, mostly wood turned stuff sandblasted for texture. I really love the movement, texture and shading of this piece.
So cool, it looks like a spine
Great work Peter, thank you for your efforts, very enlightening. Reminds me of my sculpture major at San Jose State University’s foundry in California.
It came out so great!!!!
Hello Mr peter, another video... your spoiling us☺
Peter! You should grab different mask attachments/ filters. The ones you're wearing are for particular matter rather than vapor. Stay safe! 🙏 Was really happy you uploaded a video today😭🤌
Yeah i think you’re right, thank you!
I can’t wait to see what you do in the future
Great job my dude!
Really enjoyable that you show us various ways to create. Ink paper and fountain pen are awesome but there is so much more.
Thank you 👾
Awesome! Nice job, Peter! My grandfather had a foundry where they poured aluminum into molds and made power pole fittings for his business, so I grew up being fascinated at watching people basically play with, and making things out of lava... Glad you are learning about this, and thank you for sharing the adventure with us! Hey, who was working on the skeleton that was behind you when you were pouring the molds? That would have been cool to see as well!
That’s my professor’s stuff, look him up on Instagram if you want to see some of the completed skeletons: instagram.com/kevin_n_stuff
@@peter_draws Dude he's got some killer stuff on there! I like it!
loved this , super cool to see what its like in some of your class and the awesome things you do. Shoutout to the human help.
I love it! Spine fern rock vibes, and beetljuice, and for some reason the word friendly come to mind *shrugs* I hope you feel proud, you should. I also hope you can find a way to keep doing metal work when you're done with school. You're good at it and it seems like you enjoy it.
Loved this video. Thank you.
Peter! More V logs!!!
Hullo Peter, thanks for sharing this casting experience with us! I remember when I was working with molten glass and getting the volume of glass for the form was something that I found very difficult! I had a more enjoyable experience creating pieces “on the pipe” but making a mold was a class requirement. I still have quite a few jars, glasses, cups that I made in college. Gosh that was back in 1981! I may be getting just a bit crusty! Thank you for sharing all of your artistic endeavors, I enjoy watching your videos. I wish recording my artwork process was easier back then! No internet, well not one that regular people had access to! Take care of yourself and keep yourself safe and healthy! See ya next video!
So cool to see the process! Thanks for bringing us along. The sculpture turned out great!
Looks like one of crazy sculptures presented in Beatlejuice movie :)
Damn, 11 hours of video! I try to do an edit from a 3 hour stream and premiere crashes my shit.
Really fantastic work.
Super appreciate your warning about the lights. I have extreme cluster headaches since covid and so many videos trigger one for me and I was able to skip that part.
Sorry to hear about the headaches! I know how awful those can be, I hope you find some relief soon.
Yeah premiere does get slightly laggy sometimes but most of the time it runs good since I built my computer specifically for video editing
Would be cool to see a collaboration with Robinson Foundry.
Thanks for sharing- this is cool
i love and appreciate you peter
Awesome video mate, super informative. Thankyou!
Great job 👍👍👍👍👍
Amazing - gooood work!
Lovely!
So cool, dude!
this was a fun watch! ❤
Looks like the spine of a Grimpling Glasteosaur. ❤
Haha yeah it’s pretty close I think
looks good!
This is FACINATING! so much work. What a cool sculpture!
When you whisper "bye" you used to also whisper "I love you" and I kinda miss that. Either way, we love you too
Peter baby the man
The team is great😂🙏🏻
Pretty cool. Looks like a cast of a harvester ant colony structure. They're usually aluminum and made by pouring into the entrance of the ant colony to fill all the chambers and can be 12-15 feet deep.
Oh look! The drawings are materializing in 3D again
I was the 1000th like. It ain’t much but it’s honest work.
Whoever’s fucking with the likes I’m under your bed
What a process. Did you learn about it on your own before taking the class or start without any prior experience and knowledge?
I learned almost all of it in the metal casting and welding classes I took I think
Filming welding and casting is like filming rocket engines. NASA still uses high speed analog film cameras with SLS missions for a reason. No digital camera can reach that level of capturing dynamics of light-shadow areas. Perhaps in near future it will be possible.
great piece man
Awesome, well done!
Interesting to watch.
You need to make a video of you doing a marble and wooden sculpture.
Peter, you must name that sculpture "The Lawyer's Spine".
I alwats love your work
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Fascinating! Well, just fascinating!! Wonder how all that equipment was invented. Eg, needle scaler.
so awesome
Waaaay Cool Peter!!!!! But might have gone a lot faster if you'd just spray painted the styrofoam. But wouldn't have been nearly as cool as this!
lol you’re not completely wrong about just spray painting the styrofoam.
Well done, Peter. Me likey.
You are amazing
This is so cool! I'm not sure if you've read Leviathan Falls which is the first book in The Expanse series but in that book there's an alien lifeform that kind of eats or overtakes human and mechanical forms, then spits out reconstructions of those forms to build moving parts that are useful to it. This sculpture reminds me of a spine that has been grown by that alien lifeform. Super rad.
Ha no way a fellow Expanse reader! Great series, have you finished it yet?
this is so fucking cool to see u do
All those steps are so interesting and satisfying. What do you think you could use instead of styrofoam - would papier-mâché work? Those sparks and smoke swirls from the welding were very beautiful too. Do you get to keep your sculpture?
Yeah paper mache could work, really anything. The only problem is that the softer the material is, the more likely it is to get deformed by the sand packing process. However I’ve even made molds of bouquets of flowers and branches of leaves. While these got squished a lot, the textures and shapes in the resulting metal sculpture were really cool.
Miss your peterland Minecraft series! Wonder if you plan on continuing this masterpiece?
This is a beautiful piece! I love it.
That one alludes me. Have to say I am much more interested in the drawings and pens. What ever makes you happy. . .
Terrific stuff... Looks like some poor souls twisted spine.
Impressive Artistic Work, Peter. Indeed...Artistic Work. I love sculptures. The amount of study behind this process must be intriguing?
Thanks for the video! I know nothing about casting aluminum so this helped a lot. How were you able to tell that molds needed more aluminum after the first pour?
Get that studio time, take your time with your classes.
I like it
cool! Lovin me some Peter Draws...like three recent vids!
This was great I made tattoo machines this way way fun thanks for sharing
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Love to falow you! A genuin creator with a unic personality on a magic journey.. what can i say🌻
You may be able to use acetone to remove the styrofoam inthe future idk if it woudld mwss with rhe molds