# I just put epoxy all over a Rolex. \[art update\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 10, 2008, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-put-epoxy-all-over-a-rolex-art-update/476479 "2008-12-10T01:17:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-put-epoxy-all-over-a-rolex-art-update/476479/1 "2008-12-10T01:17:59Z")
So tomorrow is the final critique for my sculpture class. I am finishing two pieces: One is a two-canvas painting with sculptural elements; this is the one that I was kindly given a broken violin for by a doper\* for only the cost of shipping (from [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=467759&highlight=broken+violin))\*. The violin is cut in half and… well you’ll have to wait and look at the photos because it’s too hard to describe. The other one is the one where I asked if anyone had broken clocks/watches for a month or so back. I’m building the tortoise shell now, which is made of a bunch of clock faces and watches. Between the ones donated by dopers and the ones donated by friends and family IRL and the stuff I bought on ebay I’ve got quite a good selection. That said, it feels really strange to put a big blob of epoxy on a Rolex and glue it to something. Heh. Photos tomorrow, if not sooner. None at the moment, however. \*I know the person’s real name (and email address) but can’t remember what online name it matches up to, so I hesitate to say who gave it to me. Sadly, I don’t have the PMs anymore where the whole thing was hashed out, only the emails which don’t have a screenname on them… \*\*yes, my concept of “about to start” may vary from the typical timeframe ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-put-epoxy-all-over-a-rolex-art-update/476479/2 "2008-12-11T20:59:13Z")
Ok I have pictures! These are links to albums with progress photos and also the finished\* pieces. [Burden of Time](http://gallery.opalcat.com/gallery/burden_of_time) (clocks and watches thing) [Paint Dance with Violin Solo](http://gallery.opalcat.com/gallery/paint_dance_with_violin_solo) (cut in half violin thing) \*technically the tortoise isn’t finished as the body of the guy is going to be bronze, but won’t be poured until next semester. What you see there is a very quick-and-dirty plaster casting that I’ve painted. I didn’t bother much with it (in fact one his feet broke off and I just sort of glommed a lump of plaster in its place and said hell with it. I only made him so that I could build the shell in such a way that it actually would fit on him (and so that when I took it to scohol it would look kind of right rather than having to say “imagine that there was…”) ---
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-put-epoxy-all-over-a-rolex-art-update/476479/3 "2008-12-11T22:39:26Z")
Neato. Acid Likey. ---
**Author:** ![Across](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Across](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Across)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-put-epoxy-all-over-a-rolex-art-update/476479/4 "2008-12-11T22:50:19Z")
Remarkable. You are very talented! I’m sure your final critique will go well. I’m quite jealous - it makes my own recent craft attempts look rather pathetic! I’d love to own pieces like that - my husband and I are starting to get in a financial position where the “art” in our home can be upgraded from framed movie posters and action figures to original painting, mounted prints and original or replica sculptures. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-put-epoxy-all-over-a-rolex-art-update/476479/5 "2008-12-11T22:53:56Z")
The critique went very well. I was automatically sort of in an “ahead” position simply because I was one of only 3 people in the class who actually _had finished projects to show_/ Heh. We saw a lot of “when it’s done, this part will look like…” “…and there is going to be a…” etc. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-put-epoxy-all-over-a-rolex-art-update/476479/6 "2008-12-11T23:09:30Z")
Must be a pretty hot picture since my firm’s website blocked it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-put-epoxy-all-over-a-rolex-art-update/476479/7 "2008-12-11T23:13:01Z")
The turtle is very nice. He looks like he’s just truckin along there. ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-put-epoxy-all-over-a-rolex-art-update/476479/8 "2008-12-11T23:22:37Z")
> [@OpalCat](#): > > So tomorrow is the final critique for my sculpture class. I am finishing two pieces: > > One is a two-canvas painting with sculptural elements; this is the one that I was kindly given a broken violin for by a doper\* for only the cost of shipping (from [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=467759&highlight=broken+violin))\*. The violin is cut in half and… well you’ll have to wait and look at the photos because it’s too hard to describe. > > The other one is the one where I asked if anyone had broken clocks/watches for a month or so back. I’m building the tortoise shell now, which is made of a bunch of clock faces and watches. Between the ones donated by dopers and the ones donated by friends and family IRL and the stuff I bought on ebay I’ve got quite a good selection. > > That said, it feels really strange to put a big blob of epoxy on a Rolex and glue it to something. Heh. > > Photos tomorrow, if not sooner. None at the moment, however. > > \*I know the person’s real name (and email address) but can’t remember what online name it matches up to, so I hesitate to say who gave it to me. Sadly, I don’t have the PMs anymore where the whole thing was hashed out, only the emails which don’t have a screenname on them… > > \*\*yes, my concept of “about to start” may vary from the typical timeframe It was me. I wouldn’t worry too much. It was a Mexico replica. But please send me a pic when you’re all done. I’m sure it will be art worthy of your reputation.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-put-epoxy-all-over-a-rolex-art-update/476479/9 "2008-12-11T23:52:13Z")
I really like your tortoise shell. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-put-epoxy-all-over-a-rolex-art-update/476479/10 "2008-12-12T01:26:06Z")
> [@Omegaman](#): > > It was me. I wouldn’t worry too much. It was a Mexico replica. But please send me a pic when you’re all done. I’m sure it will be art worthy of your reputation.🙂 Yeah we were all joking around in the critique wondering if they were from Mexico (complete with "hey mister, you wanna buy a watch? _open jacket_). The general consensus was that since they was broken and scrapped, they were probably fakes, since most people would have a real Rolex repaired.