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Creation date / 2017 / July
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10. View of the underside, showing how it was mounted, using a machine screw. I also used epoxy putty to keep the fish from rotating. -
22. The stems for the eyes were bent in just the right way and clamped down to the underside of the head. -
1. Scrap of 16 gauge brass sheet, what was left after pieces were cut out for other projects. -
2. Hammering to make the metal thinner at the ends. -
3. Using the hydraulic press to push out a dome shape. -
4. The results of step 3. -
5. Continuing that dome shape to the edges of the metal. -
6. As much hammering as can be done without annealing it. -
7. Annealing. When the brass has been heated red-hot it becomes malleable again. -
8. forming a V-trough on a V-shaped stake. -
10. Ready to anneal again. -
11. After annealing, planishing on a ball stake. -
13. Using another special stake to form a rolled edge. -
14. Final shaping on these two spiculum shapes. -
15. Closing up the longer spiculum shape.