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Speck Ho1inaro
Auc;ust 1,
1976
Loslie Leupp, Advisor
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This project
UGS
l'.ndortDko11 l:Jrinci~x,lly os
!'
lec,rr:iw; 8:-:ylorience.
I had litt.le idee, 17£1011 I bog:;n, hOlT ::nch of n lo::>rl:irr :: eX!1erin~cc it
Hould be.
On
hm:
1":'0t.
teapot there is (} lot of precision soldering;, ::ittinG, ond or.
0.
nnticipnted.
Tho silver itsol!:' Has, for ;:0, L1 ver;:r
J8c~mse
on this ?iece.
silvor is such
rW::L:er
::;':~roke
crn
extrm:oly rmrnrdinG.
'.JO
of a pieco is vcr,'
I ,·Iill try to o::nloin
rrho idoes t:·w. t
~rhy
cor~tinue
3r!.
exciti~l';
oxpensivo
fr:i.shtenin~;
I chooso to
part of 1.1orkin:
:~let<l,
t::c :irst
but, tbe fbished results
~;orl::
in ;:lckl
~nd
"\kat it
tlToUCh ::tv lrork ore internal cO::lparisonsl
line to spoce, snooth to rouc;h, l'olm.deci i'orns to s'luarcd for!1s, mess to
line, etc.
These CO;;}P2!'i8011S nsn.;ll:,... oric;i.l1vte from sI:ectches ::l1cJO of
natural objects (81'.C!: GS clouds, t:1e hurUln body, p18n+,s, etc.)
or fron
sketches 0: ;;oonetric forr:1S'l':cl Itnes.
!"w d in:::
tas!:s involved ,Ii th l.:.otal:
I bOC[Lle :i.ntorest:Jd in
. , .
t ';1l.::A~nz
Heo.:o.
I olso er:j'oy tho pbysical
for t:10 conporisons bot interest .. :e.
n...L.1
0"
"n(3
I then
•
p~ece,3
om'lins , snndiIY;, solderinG, s::::i thil".r~, etc.
'okI
AS
(J
r.1ediur.l thr01.1'";h [In inte!'0ot in
f·.!
.,
~rs G as sClJ..J..p"ure
bc~on Jlr::cin~
.J..
:J
13!,C
'1-,
seconCt.L7
ns pieces
"':;0
.functional objects tb:::1t elso f'unctionod
as sculpture.
I'b,is te8pot is to ..0 :,ore of
[!
sCl)~[rturr?l
)toce tiwl1 a fl'!1ctionnl
solve
(1.esi~~
probl:Ins as uell o.s technicnl :iroblclJ.s.
It
'.m~3
indeed n
11-17-75 - One 9ioce
0:
18
gC'L'~e
11-20-75 - The 3ilve;~ arrivod
!~lu::: 1.101'0
Prip t s
sGorlin:; silver silent, 3" sqL!,C.ro ordel'od.
:"1'0:,:
Cincinnati Gold.
::r;(-~
opnliod
An 8" dise
':Jt'S
tho pieco ans nnne[;lod.,
cut
The :'lux
'Has ver:: oqoquo and tho color oi' tho 1;Iotal 'Has difi':Lcult to soc
u;:ile
annon1in~;.
'rho :letnl Hns then '}laced in the acid end cleoned.
Concentric ::;uido circlos 'ITer:: placed on tho dise
usin~:
n cOIilpass.
bo ha:.u:lerocl.
11-21-75 -
T~le
:)ottom pieco oi'
t;:oi~eac!ot is:::;oin~
to be formod b7
(See dia ~;ram 1)
the metal fro:1 the outsido ovor (} "T-stake".
Tho first rOlmq uas completod.
(uith
0
Tho picco \<)'[,s then armonlocl
cant of :,:~lux ovor it to prevent £'1.ro.'Ocole)
and then
blockod Hith (} laathor n.'lllet O'ler a "mushroom stnkel1.
ond round
lioto:
'1,,18
T~is
plated:
comprossin~
The soc-
s c:or:lpletod.
:1w}Uenco is used evory round l:ntil tho pioce is
C08-
The piece is h:::::."lcr;cl, annocled, clean)c, blocked into
shElpo, ,;uido circles reaI')91iod, [lnL: the pioce is ready to h01:1:::or
nsnin.
To nvoid ronetition, I 'tTill not Dnm,o each i:top of ",:,:'.1s
prOCGs;:;, but it Hill be nnderst.ooc1 by t.;}» ren1er thai; this 91'0cess is usaf eoch tL:e
i~
ro~nd
io indicat'd thet a
has
~08n
cOr.l!)leted.
1l-?.11-75 - The thirrl
[);";C.
P01.Tth. l10unds lTOre co:-.nletoc1.
I
hov(~
:Joen hnvin0
n lot of dii':'icul ty det81 r::inin] t!lO ter:9ol'o turo of tho piece
1
uhilo nnnenlin c; .
Tho :flu:: is
:':.c)
opaquo, tho color ot the ;llotr,l
:-:letnl uhich I
all
n:"rnid
L1l'G
:oinr; to develop into c:~·acks.
I nr..
f()in~ to uait tmtil t:,o Allcrn-tlux arrives 'oo::'oro I continue.
,..;.
".)
12-11-75 - The "~lux ar:civod ~-:'ro::l Al1cra.::t.
It :::":':lkcs £1nno"ling 100(;
Rounc1s,;f5 nneL ;:!6 1.J~8 cOIlDletod.
SO
00
der.
The stress marks :'on't scom
obvious.
~17
and 118
cor:l~)letod.
12-13-75
Rounds
12-15-75
Round
12-16-75
Round:.'lO cn:'lplotod.
119 cO::J.ploted.
CO:ilini':' into sh3.pe.
r~ho
I
Gl.:
10uer third 0::" the ~Jottom pbce is
concentratinc nOH on the u::mer tuo-
thirds of tho ;)ottom pioce.
#~l
1-6-76
Round
cO::J.pleted.
1-8-76
Round lf12 co:,mleted.
j:,!Jj~ cO~:lpleted.
1-13-76
Rounds !,.Q3 and
1-1:5-76
Rotmc1;8.5 cO::lpleted.
1-17-76
Rotmd ]16 cO::lplotod.
1-20-76
Round
n7
conploted.
1-22-76
Round /D.3
cO:-.1;)lctec~.
1-23-76
ROt'l1d
~!l9
COl:l)Jlotocl.
1-2..4-76
I
",ill
Th,:;
~Jottora
nO'J ;.Jorkin: on tho Doul thDt
piocn
~iill
2.3
no~.r
nearly into ::"orn.
be tho lid.
I stretched
finis!1in:s the forl':iw' of tho lid by makinc the top ed;,7c 0':: tho
DOHl s"unro 'lith a loat::er nnl1ct over n ItT-stnke"., (soo dio7om 2)
1-26-76 - I hov;:
tcnr:,ot.
bO.c;'cUl ~)lGnishin~~
I
cOLplotcv~
tho pioce that. is to be tbo lid
2 rotU1deJ of plnnishinc on tt'e lid.
0:'
t:oe
1-27-76 - Rounds :IJ
DDd
)l~ planishin:; complet)cl on thn lid us:Lng tho round
end 0::' tho ham:n,or.
1-28-76 _ Rounds }5 [:nd !i6 pln:1ishin,S CO:1Dlotoc1 on t~1e lid us:Lnr:: tho :,,~ol1.nd
end of ti10 harJner.
1-29-76 - Round ':'7 Dlnni~hin'~ co::mlotod on tho lid twine the :r una E!nd ~I'
the b.ammare
2-J-76 - Top ti1ird
o~::'
Gotton pioeo SClUDC'od to noot lid ovenly.
usin~ the round ond o~~ the hawler" (see diac;ram
It is n
3)
Round if? of r18nishin[; on :Jottom pieco of teapot eo'.1pleted usinG
t:le round end of tho nanner.
/ILI
2-9-76 - Rounds
end of ti:e
2-10-76 - Round
115
~1rmif)hinc
co::m1eted on botton pioce
usin~
round
haLl;;~or.
plnnishinc comploted on bottom piece using' rotL"1d end of
2-12-76 - Round }-6 planishin:::; completed on ;Jotton piece us:'nc: rOl.mc1 'Jud
0:
ha~.Ler.
2-J),-76
- Round /17 p1anishinr:; eomlJlotod on botton Dioce
usin~:
round end of
haLliiJ.Or.
2-17-76
-
Round
1/8
p1anishine comnletod on bottom pioco usinr:: flat end of
ha:rnmer.
2-18-76
- Round /19 planishi!lS completed on
botton pieco v.sin"'; flat end of
hamrler.
2-19-76 - Round ;:f8 planishinr: cOTfl'.11et('r':. on lid nsin~' flat and of hm:lr:lor.
2-20-76
Round ::k) planishinr:; COlT')lotod on lid usinr; f1::\t end of hml1I:ler.
3-2-76
I stretched the snout out :ron tho inside of tho :)oi~tom piece.
(see diagrum 4)
3-6-76 _ Top
nre~ plonish3d 8~oin Hi th r01.:'::.d end of hnr.r..::or.
(around the
Plonish';d ,Jith ~ot end 0:::' hl";Y:mor a!";nin, also.
spout Gren)
3-$-76 - The tor; edc'e of tho bottom pieco '1m3 cut off to '.10ko it even.
Tho top ed.;:::o '.ms !.'ilod nnd sanded to rJuke smooth.
3-9-76 - The i)ottom 0': the botto];: pioco
';0
zive it
D
settilY'; surface.
110.8
fb·::,tened on a £'lot sto.ke
(sec dio.:;ran 5)
3-12-76 - Tho od.::;e of t:l') lid cut, fiJJ;c1 a!'lc1 snndocl to
';1V8
D
smooth ed;e.
I or6erod tho sEvor ':or -:;;·w odc;os ubr:ro tho lid and bottom
"'1Oet.
I orderod a L:" OJ 8" piece of 16 cauco sterlinG sil vor.
')56.00
;';'17-76-The silver arrived from Cincinnati Gold.
3-23-76
r
be.c:~m
snndinC tho
block HUh
8n!ldin~~
[l
[H1Gll
Sl).rj~nCo
of tho bottom piece.
r
~:l~_~(lo
bloc;c 0:" '.TOod to hold tho snndpclpor.
't.ri th 21.0 ';rade snncbnper.
.
3-a6-76
Continued
'
Sf! rl. c: J_~1 :3 bott~on
3-27-76
Continnec~
s:::l1cin-' botton picco
3-28-76
' bot ',on. piece 1!tth
Continued snnCt1l1t:;
3-29-76
'
botto;:: piece '\·rith 320 "TBde sflnclr:,c:por.
Co:::t'.nued 801101.n'·
3-30-76
Continued SO'-tclinry
3-31-76
Gontin11od
/,-1-76
piece Hith 2/10 ';l1ode sandp8por.
OJ..'
'..r~ld
.
21,0 -:rode snndpar or •
?1~0
:-:rQc1e s,:,u1clnur::er.
.
~,
'
.
scr:(',.~n~
bottOIi~
picce ;ii tb. 320
r~Tnde
scnc1poper.
bottom picce uith L,OO GTade sanc1p3.pcr.
Continued. sat:. d'~!1C botton 'Jioco
~tit11
/;00
:~'[lcle
s :.nc1:x' p or.
Continued
sundL.11:~
botto:: pioco "!.-rith /100 r:;r3de sondpn:,er.
Continuod
sn~,din-'
;)otton niocc "\Ti-:;n 600
--·:rcc~o
s3ndr!Oper.
..,
"
SGl1d-
I stnrted
4-1,-76
Continued sGnc1inc; botto::l niece '.rith 600 r,:t'oc1e sandpaper.
LI -5-76
Applied sto'3l i-TOOl finish and L/O elclOry papor fihish to bottom
piece.
~nth
4..&76
3e2111 sandin" tho lid
4-7-76
Continued sandin::; the lid T.lith 240 Grade snnc1paper.
4-2-76
Continuod s8l:.c1in-; thD lid i-Tith 320 vade sondparer.
4-9-76
Continuod
snn(lin~
tho lid Hith
4-10-76
Continued
sal1(1in,r_~
t!,o lid inth 600
4-11-76
Ste81 iTOOI finish and L/O enery papor !,inish appliod to lid.
11-12-76
Concontric rinc;s ::lOdc for inside closuro.
21;0 crado sandpnr>er.
L~OO
:;ro de Sanc1')3r>er.
[~rnde
sarldpopor.
Ono is to be soldored
to the lid nn.d ono is to b,; soldered to tho
rin~;s
nnl:o tho lid
:~i t
tiGht
a'r~ inst
bot-~om
the bottom
piece.
pio'~e.
Those
:..~ings
The
1<1o:..'e ;:1.')de by cnttinc Ion:; norr011 strips, bendin'S thOIIl round,
soldering ther:.. shut, (mel then snndinj both ed;-ros flnt.
1-1oro thon sanded Dnd nolishod.
The rincts
(soo dinr::rara 6)
1;-13-76 - Pieces uere cut out for tho surfaces t\nt : ,eet on t~:n lic1 ~md
tlv} botton 1)ioco.
Those pieces Horo
cl~t
about -in l3r,,;e all nround
in caso they slip durinr: t:1C solderine; operntion.
these picco.]
':li -::.h
I
bo'~an
sandins
?JlO ':rode sandpo?er.
l~-M-76 - I finish0d sal~5inG tho top [~n(~ bottom pieces '.lith .~20, 1,OO,;.nd
600 ,::;rude snndp~por.
The hollos for pourinG \"ere ox'illed into
the bottora piece.
If-15-76 - Tho rinc;s Hore solc.lerocl onto tho slTi'o.ce piece;: thftt '..fill ~J.eGt.
VCr'J
i.,e11.
The odc;os
',TOro
then filed to fit ond then sand.ed and
polis hod.
L;-16-76 _ 'lho surface pioces oro nOH ready to solder to tho botton piece
and to the lid.
'rhe surfc,ce piece2 '.Jero \r.i.rod on so thnt "(rhen heoted
to'~ether,
tho t1-lO pieces ',[Quld pull
foctly fl"t UhOl: finished.
solder
cO;l~)letely
and be per-
The solderin~-: of 'ooth the bottom piece
::mcl tho lid uOJ!t oxtrer.!e1y Hell.
The lid fits onto tho bottom
;Jiece ne::rlJ perfectly.
4-17-76 - '!he outside od;::e of
bot~,
tho botGom :)ioce end tho l:Ld '.Jere i'ilod
so as to ler,vo a SIlt1.l1 ease clll cround.
Theso ed::;oB Hore then
sonded ond polished.
Lf -18-76 - A hole ,.ras drilled in tho front of tho lid for
SillOll piece of tU;Jin-: 1ms
[l
t~]en
0
st08I'J.
vent.
A
soldered on ovor the hole to ::121;:e
place to Q'osp the lid Ilhen oponinG it.
11-19-76 _ '!he n[;nr~e:o ct tho anck of both pieces uere filod to fit the
knuckles for t:w hin1e.
1~-20-76
- The l"lanc;es
:~or
tho
hin~:o
7hese pieces sero ()lso sanded and polishod..
1·1ero ::i ven a final
snndLl1:~
Dnd po1i3hin(·;.
The lid Dnd bottom piece uired tOGother to prevent slippinz ,lhi1e
solderinr; the hin:-;e.
A pieco of sEver Hire is fit t;1rou-:;h the
tubinG to prevent 81i'ipin[; u'nile solderinr:;.
up ui. th
Q
Tho piece
set
1;0.3
pieco of Hot popor botueon t:l0 f'lnnc;es to prevent
them from no1dorinc
-':;o'~other.
The hinGo Has
tl~en
solderod
iIi th
tuo knuckles of' tho hin':o soldorodto tho bottor,'), ?iece Gr:d tIle
YJiddlo knuckle soldered ,to tho lid.
After solc1erin:-; the
hod to be snndoc1 sli';htly to ;'Dko tl:.c hiw;e ",ark
dio~;rLl:1
7)
eQ3i1.~r.
knucy~es
(see
11-21-76 _ The
fitti.'1:~
0[m.(1.10 1T~:S
for tho
The fittine
co~sistB
of the pot.
constructed out of IS ~3U;O silver.
0:' a s::uill box
t~1at
is 801c'.ored to tb.e 'bock
Tho handlo 1.rill then slip into tbe
fittL~'":"
nncl Hill
'bo sccnrod into it.
1+-22-76 - Tbo fittinc for the handle
,ot.
It
':·TaS
::'T!.od to fit the cont.our of t:10
t l18n snnded ::md polished.
a piece of Dl1:JrYTlth
If-2J-76 - :·Jhen I
'.1:lS
\]US fitti!1~;
11000..
t;JO hr1;1dle today tho hnndle crncked.
S8(Jms rnthcr brittlo.
The
1,100d
I started over nnd cut c. nOH hnncUe.
l,-24-76 - The second nnncil'3 crnckod ofter it
:)iece of ebony inster'd.
ch::1~y;ed
The hrn.1cllo \1n8 cut out of
fbished.
HnS
The hondle
Tho anarynth is too brittlo.
I h:we
t"o design of the handle, also.
/,-25-76 - I finished :'ittin; tho handle so that it 1·1Ould meet nush to tho
fittinc:.
I str:rted the
j~in.QI s[\ndil1~
of the handle uith ?-40, 300
and 400 sandpaper.
4-26-76 - I finished sandin;'3' tho :wndle ond startod applyinG the 1):1nish oil.
I have Given it four coats of oil.
Tho finish on tl10 handle looks
nice with the pot.
4-27-76 - I raised
t~:o
firosct 1 le on the pot today.
the not nnd tben puttinG it in acid.
The Dot
~rns
This 'toms done el070n tirles.
then buffed ,rith 'l.'ripoli ond then buffed i·rith rouge.
It cr",J.e to [\ nice ;1i-;£1 nolish.
place uith a silvor "Hiro.
cured.
This is done b:r henting
'rho hondle t.rcS then peggod into
The conte:::.' of the :1in-'e
~·ms
thon se-
The hineo areannd the handle Dreo '·lero [;i von a final
buffing ilith rouge.
1.-2&-76 - The teapot >.Jas nailed todc:y to Connecticut for tho Sterling
. . .;,
De S~en vompe tOt"
0.y.ver
~ ~on.
0
,...
5-18-76 - The teapot 1ms selected alows uith 78 other entries out of a
field of 218 entries, for exhibition at tbc Lever House in
NeH
York City.
List of Terns
acid - 'Csod to ren:ovo tho oxidtltion from tho sv,rfl1ce of the metal nnd
to YlDke the netal chemically clean.
I use Snarex "hich is a nild
acid solution.
anneal - To free from. internnl stress by heatin~ and cooling sradually.
If the netal is not Dnnenled before hO;;lIIler:iJ.1G it bocomes brittle
Silver is annealed to n dull red in a tota11~r dork
ond cracks.
room.
~
I .L
.£>
•
t ·lS
r
.J..
,10~ ,,0
d ...uO
0
•
hJ.gher
temperature, tho structure
"locks in" und i8 not mnlloc,ble.
block - To even
U;J
tho fOl'fu of the oiece uith
0
leather r:]Bllet "fter
har:1Lloring.
firescftle - Lr:J.purities tbnt come to tile surface of the ;}ilver throuGh
rerreatod boatinr.;s.
Firescclo is l'Cilovod
b.~T hoat:iJ.1F~
[;nd orin:,;ing
c layer of fine silver to t:lO mu"'fo ce 111:1en tho nieee is ell 901is11eo.
flux - A subst:::mce used to ;:1[1ko the solder adhere to
~)revents
tl\(~
newl.
?lux
oxido.tion IE':d [1lso )lrevents firasca1e.
[f-luge - It standc;rdized
sYStOJ:l
of detorl:lininC the thiclmoss of natu1.
The :1igher the mmbar, t;,e thinner the raota1.
r;cu.r;e is rmch thicker thnn 18 gau[,;o.
For o:::anple, 14
l:ost cor.r.'.onl:r 1.$ed
::;olF:e:J 81'0
14, 16, 18 and 20.
The nost CO.Lll;Ionly used erades of nandpanor noed
in :18tnl'Jork f·r3 2110, 320, 400 and 600.
As t.>'e nt1J1bers incre~3e
ttl,] srit is finer.
ham.mer - There 8re !";umy cli::'forent she pes of hnnnero for different
0ur?OSOS in
finish.
s::~ithin::;.
Tho h8;.rmers l:nlst be polished to
Q
mirror
hDlJner out larsor hc::nor m.::rks.
rou::;c - A 90lishinc compound
fi113l
S1~OD
in
th~;t
burnishes the natal.
Dsed for the
:')olishin'~.
:;.'ound - Used to descJ:i";)e
-~oin-;
over the en.tire picco one ti::lO 1..rith homr.:.er
strokes.
Difforent sbrpod 9ioc03 of steol
over ,,·mich t:l0 ..:otnl is
r:8;~lY.lorod.
polishin'~
1),80el
TripOli - A
Llotel.
co:mouncl
ona shopod.
to renovo fine sC:'otehes i'l'or: tho
hammer
/'
stake.
bouJ\
__ ,
___ _ _ -.. ___ L _ _.1.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .... _ _ _ _ _ _
diaayam.
stake
p"a~ \c)\., , V\~
h~W\mey
s-hAke
bowl
-- -- --- ---
-- -
---- ---- ---- -
---- -
--....- -
--- ~-...,;::::::;--
--- -
-
-.--
-- -
--+--Lio
~OV\CeA\ tvi c.
r\V\~ s
_---r-....,
-
---
sole\ered
ne...y(. ----J--=~
~~~____---"sol dete:d he....e.