TimeWarp - Melting Reclaimed Aluminum Foil - Handmade Metal Buttons
Turning reclaimed aluminum foil and pie plates into handmade metal buttons by melting, refining, casting, and forging. Watch the longer process version here: https://youtu.be/Y2mRLG7mPM0
Each button requires approximately 5-10 pie plates.
Heat is provided by a sideblast charcoal forge and Japanese style fuigo box bellows. The crucible came from a retired railroad worker and is an iron one generally for melting lower temp alloys (careful temperature control extends the life of the crucible somewhat). Aluminum foil, pie plates, and take out containers are cold forged into small blocks before adding to the crucible. Stirring and refining is done with a graphite rod and borax. Flat casting onto a steel plate and then cold forging to final thickness before drilling on the hand powered post drill.
See some of the buttons in use with hand crafted textiles at http://manonik.com/
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