For me, the best way to push myself in copper fabrication, is to try and immitate nature with copper. Cattail a cattail is a good starting point. A little bit of cutting, hammering, filing and brazing... and you have a finished piece. From there, try pushing the annealing process with a leaf.Zin Leaf Graduation from that level comes with a copper rose. I say that because there are so many patterns available. Infact, if you want to do any flower in copper, take apart a silk one for the pattern. Copper Rose From there, once you realize the difference between silk and copper, you begin to work those problems out on your own. Bird of Paradise Then you begin to work the problems out on your own without the silk. DafodilOrchidOrchid Flower And don't be afraid to play with the scale and use your artistic license.Dancing Tulip: The stem is copper tube with brass rods inside. It dances. Then sell it, for anything so you can move on to the next piece.