For some reason I became a bit preoccupied with the icon of a proper ACME anvil a while ago (something to do with effort and work) and had a mental image of a glowing concrete anvil on the wall. It felt like a memento mori — some reminder to stop dicking about and make something.
There were lots of experimental batches with different concrete recipes. Sand, aggregate, glass spheres, chopped glass fibre, PVA, talc powder, cement all in varying proportions.
Jigsawed in MDF.
It took much more than this.
Steel mesh reinforcements. It wasn't going to take much mechanical stress but many of the test pours didn't feel strong enough.
Fine white sand and cement only.
Lucky accident! The concrete didn't fully slump around the mesh so left these small voids through to the rusty steel. I was initially going to use the other side, but preferred this.
Thin backing form cut and epoxied to the cast, then wrapped with LED strip lights.
I packed more iron powder into the cavities and rusted with peroxide-salt-vinegar mix.
Jigsawed in MDF.
It took much more than this.
Steel mesh reinforcements. It wasn't going to take much mechanical stress but many of the test pours didn't feel strong enough.
Fine white sand and cement only.
Lucky accident! The concrete didn't fully slump around the mesh so left these small voids through to the rusty steel. I was initially going to use the other side, but preferred this.
Thin backing form cut and epoxied to the cast, then wrapped with LED strip lights.
I packed more iron powder into the cavities and rusted with peroxide-salt-vinegar mix.
Fin.
