<p>Got quite a lot of work done on "A Forest" today:</p>
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<p><a title="A Forest (WIP) - 32 by the justified sinner, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_justified_sinner/5713682019/"><img class="align-center" alt="A Forest (WIP) - 32" height="640" width="481" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2603/5713682019_7630e4b30d_z.jpg" /></a></p>
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<p>This has easily been one of the most challenging silver-iron soldering exercises!</p>
<p>I wanted a large bullet cabochon for the bottom of the piece, to make into an "acorn" but my stone-dealer had nothing in stock and while I could have asked her to get one cut for me, I don't really have the time, so I decided to make my own by milling one in hardwood...</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_justified_sinner/5714245540/" title="A Forest (WIP) - 28 by the justified sinner, on Flickr"><img class="align-center" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3378/5714245540_9229136d7c_z.jpg" width="640" height="481" alt="A Forest (WIP) - 28" /></a></p>
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<p>The sharp-eyed among you will have noticed that it is being milled from Walnut, a kind of transgenic acorn!</p>
<p>Here's the cap, waiting to be cast:</p>
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<p><a title="A Forest (WIP) - 29 by the justified sinner, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_justified_sinner/5714244764/"><img class="align-center" alt="A Forest (WIP) - 29" height="481" width="640" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2233/5714244764_c642439ecb_z.jpg" /></a></p>
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<p>Not much more to say as 1) My main computer won't boot up and 2) I'm very tired!</p>