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Title: cruel but interesting.
Post by: shipto on September 03, 2013, 05:35:02 PM

   

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Post by: stovebolt on September 03, 2013, 06:02:20 PM

I've been intending to do that for a few years now,  I live in the desert , plenty of ants in my back yard/ garden.   Some people use brass or bronze  polish them up and sell them as art. 


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Post by: AussieJimG on September 03, 2013, 07:02:47 PM

Interesting indeed.

Jim

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Post by: Bangkok Mick on September 04, 2013, 12:10:46 AM

looks very intresting

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Post by: SwarfnStuff on September 04, 2013, 01:29:41 AM

Truly interesting, just very glad I was not one of those ants.

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Post by: Meldonmech on September 04, 2013, 02:18:57 AM

Hi
         Some great castings there, are you thinking of giving a whirl?

                                                                                            Cheers David

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Post by: awemawson on September 04, 2013, 04:20:53 AM

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

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Post by: BronxFigs on September 04, 2013, 07:42:14 AM

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

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Post by: vtsteam on September 04, 2013, 08:55:21 AM

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.

Title: Re: cruel but interesting.
Post by: shipto on September 04, 2013, 12:39:22 PM

If we could just train ants now to make the shapes we want, sorted  :lol: