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25. The Finished Piece -
The Finished Piece -
Mermaid1 -
Mermaid2 -
Mermaid3 -
Mermaid4 -
Mermaid5 -
1. Starting with a circular disc of silicon bronze. It's marked so that it is slightly oval, even though it is a circle, the shorter end being the face, which will end up shorter than the hair. -
2. Crimps put into it for raising. The arrow indicates the face end. -
3. The first stage of raising is always the hardest, and with this bronze, I needed the BIG raising hammer. -
4. The first stage of raising done. The bronze gets harder and harder to work the closer to the edge you get. If this was brass or copper it would look a lot neater and have a steeper angle. -
5. After annealing, working on stage two of raising. A bit easier this time; I was able to use my regular raising hammer. -
6. Done with stage two of raising. Looking much better this time. Ready to anneal again. -
1. Starting with an 8.5 inch 16 gauge brass circle, annealed. -
1. Starting with an 8.5" disc of 16 gauge annealed brass.