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Canada
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Because I value artistry I want to share something with all of you. For me, art must be simple, but it must also say something. One can look at a piece of work and appreciate the skill that goes into it, but also one can derive meaning from it. The message must be plain but not explicit for me to gauge something as true art. And so I present an old link of quite good work from a metalworker, Stacey Lee Webbler, that just happened to use coins as her medium for a collection called "Change". Enjoy, all! http://www.velvetdavinci.com/show.php?sid=91 |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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I would really like to know how she managed to fold the coins so precisely I have been playing with coin art for a few years and still have not managed to get a satisfactory result.
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Moderator
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about the "George Folded" series, looks like they were cut, then soldered in-place
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Pillar of the Community
United Arab Emirates
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THose are very nice. Excellent detail and a lot of time went into making them.
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Pillar of the Community
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Yes, very nice but isn't defacing actual money illegal. I don't like to think it is because I do it all the time. If it is I don't care... especially when you can make stuff like that.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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In Canada yes it it in the USA it is not
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Fuzzy317 is correct she cuts them and then solders them back together. There was a number of discussions on some metal work forums years ago about how the 3 d pieces are done, so the soldering doesn't show! The consensus was that she has practiced a lot developing the technique so it does show, and the less is better theory as to the amount of solder used.
Or that a H2O/laser pulse arc jewelry welder is used, They have a very small and delicate sized but strong weld joint.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That just shows how not-artistic I am... some of those are really cool.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I like it. I'd put it in our galler for sure |
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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The Currency Act of Canada
7. (2) No coin that is bent, mutilated or defaced, or that has been reduced in weight otherwise than by abrasion through ordinary use, shall pass current.
Key words being "shall pass current". If it's spent while mutilated then that's a crime. Simply mutilating it is not legal usage. Mutilating is one thing, but melting is another story.
11. (1) No person shall, except in accordance with a licence granted by the Minister, melt down, break up or use otherwise than as currency any coin that is current and legal tender in Canada.
Coins can only be used as currency, their intended use. I don't know if art using Canadian coins is legal. Who cares, though, really.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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It's not legal, but I wonder when, if ever, this was inforced. There's a company in Halifax that encases coins as jewellery, which, by that definition ("use otherwise than as currency"), would be illegal. Of course there's the mentioned pressed penny machines too.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I don't know if art using Canadian coins is legal. It would be if done outside of Canada, I don't think I would try shipping the artwork back into Canada though. |
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I don't know if art using Canadian coins is legal. Maybe not explicitly illegal, but I think "No person shall... break up" would prohibit cutting them for use in art. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Here's another link for your viewing pleasure. Sure, it's a hobo nickel, but there's a lot going on in it - in fact it's 3 coins in one with engraving and soldering and who knows what else. It's worth a look and I'd like to have an extra $200 to bid on it! http://www.hobonickelart.com/2013/0...s/#more-7268 |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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WOW! That is cool, but creepy. Maybe Lincoln wasn't really assassinated, but eaten by a buffalo!  |
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Posted 05/30/2013 01:21 am
