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?
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1. Scrap of 16 gauge brass, this one is almost symmetrical. I immediately thought of an animal.
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2. A little preliminary bending.
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3. Using the stake shown on the left, starting to form the two pointed shapes into spiculums.
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4. Pushing out a nose from behind, using a ball stake in the hydraulic press.
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5. Already it's starting to look like some sort of critter.
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6. Using the raising hammer and raising stake, forming the shape.
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7. After all that hammering, it has to be annealed.
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8. Here the two spiculum shapes have been completely formed and silver-soldered.
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9. More forming, this time on a ball stake.
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10. Using the hydraulic press on the ears.
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11. Pushing out the nose some more with the hydraulic press.
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12. Using the small ball stake shown on the left to further form the snout.
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13. Rounding over the head, using the stake shown on the left.