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20. Underside view. I found a place to stamp my logo.
19. And another view.
18. Another view.
17. The finished piece hanging up.
16. Here is the finished piece with the hanger silver-soldered into place.
15. I did a lot more final forming and planishing, refining the shape in an effort to capture the motion of a running or leaping gazelle. The final touch, to make a hanger for it so it can be hung on a wall.
14. I annealed the head area one more time and punched it out with an even more pointed tool.
13. Using the stake shown on the left to do the final planishing on the body.
12. Making the neck curve a little more.
11. Forming the head some more on the same tool used to punch it.
10. Looking a little better all the time.
9. Pushing out the face some more, with a more pointed tool.
8. Annealing the whole piece, to make the metal malleable again after having been thoroughly work-hardened.
7. Forming the tail some more, tightening the curve.
6. For the tighter curve near the edges, I used this stake shown on the left.