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13. Annealing again.
7. Forming the little pointed end.
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5. After annealing, stage three of raising complete, ready to anneal again.
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1. Starting with a clay model, so I can figure out the shape to cut out of the sheet of brass.
37. More forming, using the stake on the left.
1. First six stages of raising. The middle picture shows heating the metal to anneal it, a process which was done between each of the six stages.
15. Silver-soldering seams.
19. Fitting the snake to the piece of grapevine. Because of the two shapes and the way they fit together, I could not bend the tail to its final shape until after the two were put together, So I had to have the final polish and patina on it ahead of time.
19. Now with the seam soldered it's time to start chasing in the details from the outside. I have filled it with microcrystalline wax.
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