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Long before there was pen that can draw in the air
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Lost Hot Glue Casting of a Tree
This happended a while ago and I have since learned that the molten zinc is not hot enough to burn out the hot glue but I just ran into these old photos that I liked. I think the hot glue make these great shapes that are fairly organic. This hot glue tree was coated in plaster before the attempt. I think that maybe if I did a pre burn out in a oven this might eventually work as the glue melts at 400 degres but just does not vaporize like the foam does.
Long before there was pen that can draw in the air
Long before there was pen that can draw in the air
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Omigod thas so creative, I'm going to make mini dogs out of hot glue, but this is AMAZING
ReplyDeleteThis is so cool! I recently did some renovations to my house and had my artistic friend draw a large black tree on my wall about 6-7 feet high. I would LOVE a little statue of a tree like this in the room! So cool!
ReplyDeletehello im amazed by this piece of art.
ReplyDeleteWhen you say it was coated in plaster before did you make an outline shape of the tree out of plaster first, then used the glue gun over the top?
many thanks
Kelly
oh sorry I apologize for the unclarity. I made it in glue but after coating it in plaster was unable to cast it in metal.
ReplyDeleteohmyy god, but how did you get it to melt horizontally, shouldnt the glue fall? imean,how do you make sure it drys that quickly .. hairdryer?
ReplyDeleteThe trick is that the glue is not very hot when I push it out. The horizontal parts are from a low temp glue gun as it is still heating up.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, thank you for replying to my question.
DeleteWhen you say you were unable to cast it in metal do you mean that the hot glue doesnt burnout
ReplyDeletecorrect i could not get a good burnout
ReplyDeleteLove your blog! Nice to see such crazy creativity and a take-no-prisoners willingness to try anything. I mentioned your lost-glue casting in my blog today, and put a photo of your tree (with full credit, of course). You can see it here, if you're interested: http://elephantaday.blogspot.com/2012/02/elephant-no-130-glue-gun-sculpture.html
ReplyDeleteThis is amazing! So creative! Sorry for my uncreativeness, but did you use any wire inside or is it literally just glue? Is it all With a glue gun that isn't on maximum temperature? Did you just start from the bottom and work your way up? It's so cool!
ReplyDeleteIf you try it again, run it through a burn out kiln. If you can, you can try to blow air through it to get rid of any residual ash.
ReplyDeleteMake sure it is gated right with a vent, and it should work great.