- 1. Starting with a circular disc of silicon bronze. It's marked so that it is slightly oval, even though it is a circle, the shorter end being the face, which will end up shorter than the hair.
- 1. Starting out with a clay model, to make a pattern for the blank of flat sheet of brass.
- 1. Scrap of 16 gauge brass, this one is almost symmetrical. I immediately thought of an animal.
- 1. Scrap of 16 gauge brass sheet, what was left after pieces were cut out for other projects.
- 1. Ready to start the longest piece I've ever made. A one foot by four foot piece of 16 gauge copper, ready to cut out.
- 1. In order to determine the shape to cut out of sheet brass, the first step is a clay model.
- 1. I started with this scrap of 16 gauge copper sheet, about 28" long, and no preconceived design in mind.
- 1. Clay model, used to derive patterns for cutting out metal shapes. It doesn't have to be perfect, just the right shape.
- 1. A blank of 16 gauge brass, with guidelines drawn on it.
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- 09. Very carefully sawing a slit for the mouth with a jeweler's saw.
- 08. Annealing, one of many time in the process.
- 07. More forming on a different stake.