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| Meldonmech:
Hi Some great castings there, are you thinking of giving a whirl? Cheers David |
| awemawson:
Fascinating shapes it produces, if a little hard on the ants :bugeye: I would imagine the soil / sand must be very dry for the aluminium to flow successfully to the far extremities as it has |
| BronxFigs:
I think some people have too much spare time on their hands. Is this art? He should ship this nonsense to some artsy-fartsy gallery in SOHO/NYC. He'll have no trouble unloading this crap on the pretentious, "designer"-fops that populate these joints. He'll make a fortune. He should have more respect for life...any life, even ants. At least what the ants do, serves a purpose. Frank |
| vtsteam:
I wouldn't have a lot of sympathy for imported fire ants. They're a scourge down south, invasive, destructive. If you've ever seen them attack kids as a swarm, or animals, or had refrigerators and electrical appliances destroyed by them, you'd probably find them more dispensible. I don't think of castings like those as art, craft maybe, but really not a product of artistic effort and decision. This type of ant nest casting used to be done with lead and I remember reading about it as a kid -- probably in a Reader's digest. Dates back to at least 50 years ago. |
| shipto:
If we could just train ants now to make the shapes we want, sorted :lol: |
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