Copper Bowl - First attempt!

[solitarysmagick]

Hi Guys..

I saw a video on youtube the other day of a guy making a copper bowl and thought I'd give it a whirl. The copper sheet I had was just a thin strip so its more of a small dish than bowl, only about 7cm across, but I'm quite pleased with it for a first attempt It's a bit lopsided here and there, but I like it



Rachael x

[Di Sandland]

Yes, Rachael, I like it too!

[solitarysmagick]

Yes, Rachael, I like it too!

Thanks Di

[Patstone]

Its curves give it character, I like it too. Keep up the good work.

Thanks Di

[Goldsmith]

One of my very first jobs as an apprentice was to make copper pickle pans. If you want them to be round then draw pencil lines around the disc, like a target, and follow the lines with the hammer hammering in circles, starting from the outer diameter and working towards the middle, never hitting the same spot twice. When you reach the centre, anneal and start again if it is not deep enough, I had to make the pickle pans quite deep, almost half a sphere.
James

[Patstone]

You would think that the metals submerged in the pickle would take on a copper colour, chemical reaction etc. Not very good at chemistry I'm afraid.

[solitarysmagick]

If you fancy making a copper leaf, take a look at the photo tutorial I prepared a while back, it has been posted on a couple of forums, check out the Ganoksin site here; http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nena...metal-leaf.htm

or it was also posted on this forum; http://www.guildofjewellerydesigners...&Itemid=67

James

I'll definitely give that a go James, thank you

[solitarysmagick]

Thats really nice Kwant

[Kwant]

Thanks it was fun. Gonna give it a good scrubbing and throw some enamel over it by way of making it seem it was meant to be "arts and crafts" hahahhaha

[solitarysmagick]

haha, make sure you post a picture of the final result I'm looking forward to having another go with a larger sheet of copper