45. Continuing with the raising, so far so good.
44. Raising a ring. This is the first time I've ever tried this, so I don't know if it will work.
43. now another phase of the project. Here's a piece of brass sheet cut out and annealed.
42. more final planishing, using a hammer that fits the curve.
41. Doing the final planishing.
40. Silver-soldering the seam.
39. Gone full circle, getting the seam closed up.
38. More heavy planishing on the large ball stake.
37. More forming, using the stake on the left.
36. Using a little more force to achieve a tighter curve.
35. Back to more heavy planishing.
34. Time to anneal.
33. Heavy planishing, stretching the outside of the curve to increase the curvature.
32. Forming over the ball stake shown on the left.
31. More forming of the cone.