Home / Recent Work / Improvisation #3, made from scrap of brass sheet, 8" x 5.5" x 2.5" / Improvisation #3, how it was made [24]
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The Finished Piece. A creature from hell? An evolutionary mistake? -
1. Scrap of 16 gauge brass, this one is almost symmetrical. I immediately thought of an animal. -
2. A little preliminary bending. -
3. Using the stake shown on the left, starting to form the two pointed shapes into spiculums. -
4. Pushing out a nose from behind, using a ball stake in the hydraulic press. -
5. Already it's starting to look like some sort of critter. -
6. Using the raising hammer and raising stake, forming the shape. -
7. After all that hammering, it has to be annealed. -
8. Here the two spiculum shapes have been completely formed and silver-soldered. -
9. More forming, this time on a ball stake. -
10. Using the hydraulic press on the ears. -
11. Pushing out the nose some more with the hydraulic press. -
12. Using the small ball stake shown on the left to further form the snout. -
13. Rounding over the head, using the stake shown on the left.