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- 9. After all that hammering, the metal is work-hardened, and needs to be annealed.
- 10. After annealing, the metal is soft enough to press again.
- 11. Using the ball stake shown on the left with the heavy planishing hammer to fill out the form of the head.
- 12. I made the tool shown on the left to shape the curved crease dividing the ear from the head.
- 13. Another tool I made for this project, for shaping and rounding out the trunk.
- 14. Using that same tool rotated 180° to work on the underside of the trunk.
- 15. More hammering on the ears.
- 16. What it looks like after all the work done so far. I used a marker to show where the eyes should be.
- 17. Annealing again.
- 18. Silver-soldering the seam.
- 19. A hammer I reshaped to do the step shown in the next picture.
- 20. Using that hammer on a special stake shaped the same way, shaping the trunk and texturing it at the same time.
- 21. Giving the ears some three-dimensionality, starting with an indentation to suggest an ear opening.
- 22. pushing out the upper part of the ear.
- 23. Held on a small domed stake on the part just pushed out, and hammered to push it in below.