Resin is the stuff in between the glass fibers in fiberglass. Or a bunch of other substances; it’s a very broad category of materials.
Embedding fibers (of glass or other materials) in resin usually makes it stronger, but that might or might not be necessary for something not meant to carry loads, like a statue.
On the other hand, after each incident you can say “At least I am smarter than that”.
“Resin” seems to be the word the art world uses when the term “injection molded plastic casting” sounds incompatible with the price they intend hope to charge for the product.
I think that “resin” is a subset of plastics, but I’m not sure precisely what the distinction is (I think it has something to do with the polymerization process). Certainly it’s not synonymous with injection-molded plastic, since resin can be formed in other ways, too (for instance, 3D printing, which this artist might well have used).
Oh, I totally agree that technically the term “resin” is a small subset of the more general term “plastic”.
I’ve just seen “resin” used in lots of advertising for mass-produced artwork (read “tchotchkes”). Sounds soo much nicer than “injection molded polystyrene”, even if polystyrene is not in fact properly a resin.
Seems to be a prestige word meant to imply greater quality than the sad reality. Sort of like the puffery that Franklin Mint’s product descriptions are full of.
Heh, now I’m nostalgic for when “space-age polymer” was The Stuff.
Okay. I’m posting the link below, but the people I’m calling stupid MFers are all those who support the “elderly genttleman” for the crime he committed.
Offended jackass assaults man for not standing for the national anthem.
Just so you know, the victim can still pursue justice in this case.
For large runs, yes, you want styrene, but that requires metal molds and hot material. For small runs cold resin in silicone molds is much easier and perfectly adequate. Below is a resin-cast HO scale locomotive.
However, that’s for something you want to make more than one off. For a one-off like the statue in question making mods and casting them makes no sense.
This is actually a political story about a Republican, but the stupidity expressed is more of a general sense, so I think it belongs here instead.
Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon accidentally ended his own local political career.
Earlier this year, democrats introduced legislation that would impose term limits on his position, and McMahon vetoed it. So they reintroduced the legislation.
This time, McMahon accidentally signed it and returned it. Nineteen minutes later, he emailed a corrected form. But Democrats are saying that the first one is the official version.
Of course, this is going to go through the court system, but in the meantime, this is too good not to share.
I looked at this story on Fox News and these are the some of the leading comments. The right loves violence!
Some kinds of resin (or resin composite, maybe combined with a wire-mesh substrate), you could sculpt by hand before they set. I’d guess that that’d be the primary way of making something like a statue of a human. Or at least, it was: You could also use 3D printing, but I don’t know how widespread that is in the art world.
Seems like a good place to link this thread from last year. The Cubs are clearly catering to fascists these days. Anyone know how that story ended? Did security get involved?
I missed that the first time round. Seems like that isn’t hyperbole.
And no, I don’t know how it ended. I hope the head slapper is charged. Fucking bullshit!
Mind you, the whole ritual of starting a sporting event with a moment of performative patriotism is stupid in and of itself. It’s one thing at the World Cup or Olympics when the athletes are literally representing their countries, but there’s no reason for it at a match between two professional organizations from the same country.
In baseball, at least, it started during the 1918 World Series when “The Star Spangled Banner” was played by the US Navy Band during the game 1 seventh inning stretch. Having recently entered the war the crowd response was positive so it was repeated for the rest of the series. It wasn’t even officially the national anthem yet, the law declaring that being in 1931.
During the interwar period a lot of teams would play it on Opening Day, Independence Day, the World Series, and other special occasions. By WWII every team had a PA system and things got serious with “The Star Spangled Banner” being played before every game.
One may chastise, if one must. Hit me and that’s an assault.
Not if you are a conservative. Elders can whack youngins. This is why youngsters these days are not as great as in the olden days (MAGA): Not enough paddlins!
Looks like an adult hitting a younger adult to me.
I hope you don’t think I was saying we need to be hitting “youngsters”. That was satire. I don’t care how old the person that got hit was: 10, 40, or 80. It is wrong and I hope the hitter gets charged with something.
I mean, even the verbal “chastisement” is inexcusably rude if directed at a stranger for behavior that isn’t directly harming or endangering anybody.
It’s none of Old Obadiah’s business if Young Obadiah doesn’t stand for the national anthem, or picks his nose in public, or is wearing mismatched socks or earrings, or whatever. Being elderly doesn’t excuse one from complying with the etiquette rule that one doesn’t criticize a stranger’s manners, at least not within their earshot.