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flowers inspired by Miami
Giusseppe -
Thursday, June 18, 2009 - 7:02pm
flowers | gates | stainless steel I have been doing a lot in Miami over the last year and all those tropical plants have inspired lots of new shapes ....here are a few of the flower ideas in the making ....  Hi Guiseppe, the flowers
eligius1427 -
Friday, June 19, 2009 - 7:39am
Hi Guiseppe, the flowers look fantastic, very unique and exotic looking. I'm sure they'll really Pop with the colorful heat treatment you normally do. Jake Jake Balcom  ideas for experimenting
Giusseppe -
Sunday, June 21, 2009 - 1:40pm
Thanks for the nice comments ..... you might like to play with this approach ... Take any two randomly spread and rippled patches ( We make ours by crushing 10mm - 25 mm offcuts but any odd shape that you have left on the end of a bar can be cut off and spread) Weld them together to form an open clam ( nearest annalogy ) ..leaving a small unwelded slit to be opened with a punch to let the stem / stamen in. TIG or gas is best because you can use overlap as your filler. Play with different lengths of weld ...short gives an open mouth when the flower is crushed, longer keeps the flower more bulbous. heat and randomly crush with curved hammer and stake,groove, whatever. good fun and rarely looks bad ....failures can be crushed more to form buds. Where to bend next ... www.metalgarden.ca |
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Bravo
Hi Giusseppe,
Interesting, the tropical plants inspire you, you inspire me... bravo.
Peace,eh
Frank