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18. Ready to start chasing the hair.

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19. I used dapping punches for the rough chaising. The 16 gauge brass had too much resistance for my little chasing hammer, so I had to use something a lot heavier.

17. I'm at about the halfway point time-wise here. I have filled it with microcrystalline wax. I did a lot of tweaking of the form with chasing and planishing tools between this picture and the next. I didn't feel I had the time to mess with the camera. I

Author: Steve Shelby
Posted on: Tuesday 1 August 2017
Keywords: brass sculpture, copper sculpture, hammered metal, metal art, metal sculpture, metalsmithing, shelbyvision, Steve Shelby
Albums: Recent Work / Mermaid, 2017, Brass, 7" x 3" / Mermaid, how it was made
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