{"id":183,"date":"2014-05-25T12:46:48","date_gmt":"2014-05-25T18:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fredkaems.com\/?p=183"},"modified":"2014-05-25T12:46:48","modified_gmt":"2014-05-25T18:46:48","slug":"183","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fredkaems.com\/?p=183","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Cast silver for the pin, and cast bronze for the other pieces combined with walnut, finished with dark danish oil, and clear acrylic. I don’t think I will be making anything like this again, but I enjoyed the process, and like the end results. Each new project that I do seems to give me new appreciation for people who work with metals. \"Kaems<\/a> \"Kaems<\/a> \"Kaems<\/a> \"Kaems<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cast silver for the pin, and cast bronze for the other pieces combined with walnut, finished with dark danish oil, and clear acrylic. I don’t think I will be making anything like this again, but I enjoyed the process, and … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s8qvRk-183","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":239,"url":"https:\/\/fredkaems.com\/?p=239","url_meta":{"origin":183,"position":0},"title":"Cast Bronze Game Pieces","author":"Fred","date":"August 10, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"These game pieces are the tools of the trade for the as of yet\u00a0 imaginary game \"King the City\" the graffiti monopoly game. each of these was cast from carved wax and plastic. 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