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The Finished Piece
1. I started with a 10" disc of 16 gauge brass. Here it is after the first stage of raising.
2. After the second stage of raising.
3. After third stage of raising. That's more than enough.
4. I've sketched out the outline of the figure.
5. Pushing in from the outside, forming the edge of the tail.
6. I did a lot of this, pushing out from the inside on a sand bag.
7. Using the hydraulic press to push out the breasts.
8. Instant boobs!
9. One of many special stakes I used for this project.
10. Using the stake shown in pic #9 in the chin, and hammering under the chin to push the neck in.
11. Doing the first stage of planishing, with a heavy hammer. I will do a second stage of planishing with a small light hammer after it is annealed.
12. How it looks up to this point. The face was the hardest part. It looked like a man's face, and every day I would spend hours working on it and analyzing what was wrong about it, and making very little progress.
13. A "stalk of celery" stake I made just for this project.