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I've never seen _any_ man excited about metal mushrooms! Tbf I've also never seen metal mushrooms, for that matter. Cody's creativity to come up with new ideas and persistency to make them work is remarkable
I've seen people excited about metal work, and I've seen people excited about mushrooms. So it's sort of inevitable for someone to combine the excitement.
it’s nice to see cody seeming so much happier than he used to. I remember the old videos he sounded tired in almost every vid but he seems genuinely so much healthier and happier in this video
It is year 3489, a lot has been lost from the Old World. But thanks to the ingenuity of one artist living in the early 21st century, we know that the Metal Mushrooms were made by someone called DyCo!
And Cody, when people ask you "How much?" they want a number. Give them a number. If they don't like it, that is on them. If you say "too much" some people out there says "That means it is rare and exclusive!" and they are willing to pay for it. Don't sell them for anything less than what they cost, obviously, but there are a LOT of weird people with a LOT of money that they want to give to people making mushrooms out of metal. It is best to not really question it, and to just price it accordingly. Thanks mystery Camera-operator! ;D
And Rex over at Rex figures it out/woodworking thing had great advice: "that's the price - it's okay if it's more than you imagined, not buying the thing doesn't hurt my feelings. It costs what it costs" So, maybe you've got $50,000 worth of cast mushrooms there (or more)
I used to know someone who collected mushroom art, and would pay EASILY $600 for even one of the smaller ones. She was cuckoo for mushrooms. Edit: she had ONE brass mushroom, but it was mass produced and looked like a cartoon depiction of a generic mushroom. Maybe four inches high, and I’m certain she paid no less than $100 for it.
I really like this channel because it always feels genuine. Even though there aren’t frequent uploads I know when I see a video it’s because Cody is interested in the topic. It’s worth the wait! EDIT: I am not criticizing Cody for not uploading often I think that’s a good thing, it makes the videos better.
@al3k That's really depends on what the are making. And for example he could have split this in multiple episodes for example 2 or 3 episodes. This will also better for yt regarding his careers. So always upload x day so people will come. Like once a week should be good enough.
That is because he is using his youtube channel to upload videos as a Hobby and not a full time job. Been on youtube over 10+ years and seen many RU-vidrs change a LOT after it moved on from a hobby into a full time job.
@@hakon5873 Exactly. Also, please understand that Cody is a well educated and active researcher... He doesn't need a youtube career at all.. or any other really.. :)
I would love to see you cast a Morel mushroom, the lattice-like texture on the cap would look fantastic in metal especially if you can use the jewler’s plaster to capture the fine details.
I heard the mushrooms ring a bit when clanged together and it made me think how cool it would be to figure out the exact metallurgy per mushroom to make each one make a perfect note then turn them into an instrument
Cody you are the best, I’ve refined gold from teeth, jewellery, and computer parts all thanks to you and I’ve learnt so much in the process I’m applying for masters programmes in geoscience right now, which has always been a dream of mine. You’re the best
I really like the zoomed in shot on the reflection of the spoon. It feels very Cody and an interesting artistic choice that worked better than I expected at first.
So here's an idea for mass-producing some of these, if you're interested. Make a flexible silicone mold with the original mushroom, carefully separate the halves of that mold (maybe using a very thin wire?) and then use (and re-use) that to cast investment wax or foam, which you can then submerge in jeweler's investment or plaster. Yeah there are some downsides, like loss of detail, a visible seam (and not every resulting bronze will be unique) but at least you can get more output per mushroom input. Just the fact of not losing your original mold with each one produced would, in my opinion, outweigh the quality drawbacks. If you're interested in selling some, that's how I'd at least explore going about producing more.
Having played with silicone enough I can say fairly confidently that the detail you can get on the mold will be really really great, and you don't really need to be that careful as you cut them apart - a saw tooth finish helps register the parts together again. You can end up with mold that register so well and are thick enough to not deform easily that there are no visible seams (for the first few casting at least), it won't last though, but a little flashing is always easy to remove being so thin. Does Help to have a vacuum chamber to pull the bubbles out - in this case definitely BEFORE you pour it into the mold as the mushrooms won't take well to even a light vacuum (but I have often put the poured mold in the vacuum and just left it overnight). But as casting silicone tend to have at least several hours of real working time so it isn't that required there. I have however never tried to cast a jewellery wax in the mould myself. But I expect you can actually be lazy and heat the wax and mold in a oven together and wait however long it takes to really flow well through the the whole thing as silicone mold are pretty temperature tolerant and the wax is probably quite low melt temperature. Can also obviously pour melted wax in, but I suspect you will have to do a few false pours here before the silicon surface is warm enough the wax doesn't solidify too fast. BUT I have no actual experience with that part!!! Metal casting is something I intend to try one day, but for now its all been resins and a little of the foaming urethane stuff.
@@foldionepapyrus3441 I have used silicon molds for casting jewelry findings. The detail is as good or better than casting straight into investment. By casting the mushroom into silicon, it is easier to get the mushroom out - as the silicon is somewhat flexible. If the mold is large, it is good to use some plates clamped over the large flat surfaces to provide some support when casting the wax pattern. The mold, unless very large, does not need to be completely separated - just split far enough to get the solidified wax pattern out of the mold. By heating the mold, when casting the wax, to about the temperature of the melted wax, there is no problem with it solidifying before the mold is completely filled. It is possible to make dozens, if not hundreds, of wax patterns in one silicon mold. There are plenty of videos available on lost wax casting. Burning the wax pattern out of the mold does not damage the detail as happens when you have to dig an original mushroom out of investment.
Vacuum mixer, vibrating table, pressure vessel and class 4 plaster are the 4 things you need for a perfect plaster mold. I'm a dental lab technician. Also you can use a centrifuge casting machine for metal, instead of pouring.
He's gonna be far more ok than most of us ever.. I got used to the quiet times, I now know it's just Cody working on fun new stuff and showing us once there is something interesting to share.. :)
This is amazing, the density of brilliance is almost too much to handle haha. What a great near zero impact way to brand your creations, and the spoon shot was great camera wizardry. Really cool stuff man I am always so grateful for a new Cody video, such a pleasure to learn with you, thank you! Beautiful collection.
loved the spoon cam as you opened the furnace! (also once you get used to jewelers plaster you're gonna love it, it's soooo nice to work with, especially when you really care about keeping tiny details)
Cody, sell it to them, put the price of what you put into it and then double it, and put a number of when you made it and that'll make it even more valuable, limited time only. It is artistic and you do have major fans. They are cool as shit looking, I have never seen bronze mushrooms done where the vains under the cap are that vibrant. Great job young man. BTW, nice to hear a female voice holding the camera, hope your happy, wish you all the best in the world.
Love these videos where you have fun, aswell as combing a lot of areas of science while still fundamentally simple. You’re a real tutor mate, keep it going!
Its been a long time since i caught up with the channel! But it makes me so happy to see you happy and enjoying your crafts! I love the mushrooms, I would have never considered that metal casting could be precise enough to capture all those folds and envelopes, heckn awesome. Keep up the great work
Cody you are great. I use to watch a lot of videos you made 6 or so years ago and I’m finally at the point where I’m able to casting. I love mushrooms and think this is an amazing expression of art. Bravo
been watching u for god knows how long glad youre still doing amazing and growing mushrooms. they're awesome! especially the special ones lol anyways glad you're doing well.
If you wanted to make a bunch of copies of one mushroom, which would speed up the process of making molds, make a silicone rubber mold of one. You can pour or inject wax into that mold, giving you a replica of the mushroom which you can put into plaster as you would the mushrooms. A benefit of that would be that certain waxes do melt/burn out cleaner than organic material, so you don't need to make the two part plaster molds to remove the mushrooms to avoid ash. You could also possibly recover the wax, reusing it. If you do get into making parts for an engine or something else as you mentioned you might, I would look into using greensand or one of the petrobond sands. My favorite system is petrobond sand which I have used a number of times with 3d printed patterns at home and for my university's casting classes to make hammers, brackets, etc. but greensand can work well if you get the consistency right. One of the limitations with sand is that undercuts are generally not possible (there are some exceptions depending on the geometry and how you design your flasks). The benefits, especially for parts usually used in building machinery, tools, etc. is that you can reuse the pattern, you can reuse the sand and there is no cure time (less you use a resin bonded sand) meaning you can make your mold and go straight to casting it.
Always glad to see a video from you! I've been getting a lot of questions about casting metal so it's great to see how your efforts have gone. Have fun at opensauce!
I think making a few out of pure copper would be quite nice as the copper oxidises it'll give it that nice coppery patina & all the colours that lead up to it.
The only way I could see you being able to sell these at any scale would be to duplicate your best castings and make molds that cast more than 1 at a time. But I feel like the fact that they're all unique is part of the appeal. But like, if you need money and sell the duplicates, I'll bite lol.
I think you should keep the silver medal coloration for the complex mushroom castings, and the extremely large to save money, and to make it easier to get the right cast
Please no, that's how you get a portal to the very, very, veeeeeeeery bad part of Feywild. You know how in the good part it's all shiny and bubbly and they just play nasty tricks on you like stealing your name for all eternity if you ever introduce yourself by your real name or reverse your joints for fun? Well, in the bad part, they'll grant you immortality then lock you up forever inside an Iron Maiden so they can enjoy your anguished screams. Feywild is *WILD.*
Its so funny, I was just re-watching your older mushroom videos! Especially the last metal mushroom video where I learned Portobello mushroom grow large!
Whoever is helping you with some of your camerawork is doing a great job! Was that a French accent I detected? New voice module for robo-Cody? ;P Thanks for an interesting video as always!
This is great! I've been struggling with metal casting AND mushroom growing, they're both hobbies I want to get better at. I've been meaning to try growing some in the underground mine project I'm involved with, but I'm not sure about the humidity and mold spores in the air.
Why don't you make silicone molds of the mushrooms? In this way you could make as many wax copies of the mushrooms as you like and after burning out the wax you would also have a one-piece mold from which the metal cannot run out so easily.
I think I mentioned that in the previous video but the mushroom doesn't completely burn out like wax does. It turns to charcoal, or if given sufficient time and air, ash. Bolth mess up the cast.
I've grown a lot of gourmet mushrooms over the years (need to set up my grow chamber again!) And I made myself a melting furnace. So I'm definitely going to try this soon! I think I'll make some smaller mushrooms out of sterling silver. Glad to see you posting again, thanks for the ideas!
@@davefish2280 That's the mushroom fairy. She's there to oversee the process and make sure Cody creates a fairy mushroom circle in the garden using these mushroom-shaped artifacts. Once he upholds his end of the bargain, he'll be the only person in the world spared once the Feywild invides our plane of existence.
I bet people would love to see your Birkeland-Eyde reactor at open sauce! It inspired me to make my own and produce my own nitric acid! Also your old blaster!
There are a few polishing techniques which wouldn't remove the detail but would really bring out the brass shine. CO2 or organic compound blasting maybe?
Really cool!!! I love the added detail, especially when it brings out spirals or other repeated patterns. Would you consider giving any of them a patina with some chemicals?
just wanna say cody ur vids are so awesomely random, you just make everything so interesting to listen to and rly re ignited my passion for science and "artisan skills" and all the whacky vids u do i cant thank u enough for the most unique style of random content and rly hope u can keep it coming w more chicken holes, mushrooms, refining, constructing and more!!!!!!!!!!!
Cody i just want you to know i grew up watching your videos every single one of them embodies curiosity and you are a true inspiration somone who craves knowledge for their own intentions and not because somone requires it of them
This is one of the greatest videos I’ve ever seen; a complete saga if you will. No fancy editing, no bs, just the straight facts, and his sexy European girlfriend. I’ve been watching this Bruh since I was 11, and I haven’t watched him in a while, but this is one of his best, trust…
sell them bro! THIS IS SO BRILLIANT! Also, might I recommend Zamak instead of bronze for mushroom casting? It will catch all the fine details and it would be very easy to shine it up a bit.
These are beautiful! I've always loved the look of mushrooms, but never thought to cast them. I can't do metal casts, but I bet a silicone mold and cement would work too.
This is a lovely thing to do.. When all of humanity is gone and everything has crumbled to dust.. future alien civilisations who visit our planet will find your unique creations lying around, Cody., and they will know our world was once a very interesting place... and in the least what a mushroom looked like once all books and hard drives are gone.. I love it. Keep on keepin' on, my friend. :) ❤
