Posted by sleepycathollow on March 21, 2008
Yep…still playing with copper wire and my hammer.
Instead of soldering the heart I just wire wrapped it.
I’d like to oxidize the piece so the next step is to head to the library ~ my friend Sue of Unique Re-tiques, told me to look up The Colouring, Bronzing and Patination of Metals by Richard Hughes & Michael Rowe. So after work, I’m heading to the Sparks Library.
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Posted by sleepycathollow on March 18, 2008
I seem to pick up lots of things on a fancy…and while I’ve always liked to work with wire (french beaded flowers and whatnot), I found some copper wire not too long ago and started hammering away on it. Tappa Tappa Tappa into the night I went. Then I started adding glass and metal beads to the hammered wire. Now I’m hooked…until the next fancy comes along.
It’s a good thing I have lots of creative outlets for my stress!!!
I have a big anvil type vise out in the shed, but it’s cold out there still and it’s bolted to the work bench. My husband went upstairs and came down with a small 5×2x2 piece of steel for me to use while inside at night. But he yelled at me around 11pm last night to cut out all the racket…phooey. It’s hard to hammer copper wire quietly, eh?!
This is what I made while sitting on the floor…watching Guy Fieri’s Diners, Drive-ins and Dives last night. Just love that guy ~ I could take him and Bobby Flay home with me any time.
My little inside hammering set-up ~
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