die forming, shell forming

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 The two part die and it's resultfour of four: The two part die and it's result interior die added to gain depththree of four: interior die added to gain depth The result is puffed.two of four: The result is puffed. the assembled sandwich, die, metal, rubber pad.one of four: the assembled sandwich, die, metal, rubber pad.I enjoy working with techniques that allow me to rapidly develope forms.Below is a collection of rapidly developed forms, in copper and aluminum, the technigues are fold forming and shell forming. I use a 20 ton press, It's overkill, my dies are made of plexiglass. The demo that follows uses 28ish ga. copper, it's the piece front right. It achieves a depth of 5mm. Rapid Formed CollectionRapid Formed Collection


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