Home / Recent Work / Say Aaahh, 2017, Copper, Found Object (Wood), 4.5" x 4.5" x 3" / Say Aaahh, how it was made 15

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1. Starting with a more-or-less semicircular piece of 16 gauge copper sheet.
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2. Proceeding as if raising half a bowl.
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3. Stage one complete, ready to anneal.
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4. Hammering it from the inside on the sand bag.
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5. Getting some height to it.
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6. Another round of raising.
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7. More height yet. Ready to anneal again.
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8. Pushing out from the inside, this time with the hydraulic press.
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9. Forming the metal around, approaching 180 degrees.
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10. using a stake curved just the right way, closing up the form.
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11. Chasing a furrow down the middle.
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12. the tongue finished, holes drilled ready to fasten down in the wood with the two screws shown.
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13. showing it from the back.
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14. All finished.