Hand Textured Copper Tiny Dish

This was a fun one. I have a ton of heavy copper sheeting just loitering around, and today I decided to do something with it. Novel thought!

This tiny dish-to-put-things-into is about 2.75" by 2.20" and is textured in multiple ways. Hand hammered... check. Push holed... check. Hammered on top of the push holes... check. Dapping blocked... check.

I'll get it up on my site soon, along with a TON of other pieces that have been patiently waiting to be posted. I clearly don't have much time right now, but I clearly, CLEARLY, love working with metals every which way : )

Creating the Oeuf!

Having a great time in my metal surfaces class at the Multnomah Arts Center! Today I sawed an egg shaped mold out of a slab of solid acrylic. A good hour's worth of sawing. Then I used a hydraulic press and mass quantities of torque to suck the textured copper into the mold. Nifty! Puffy! This will eventually be the core of a pendant to go with a massive turquoise necklace.

I usually create small pieces, but heck, this time I'm going large.

Never stop learning!!