These pins were made from light gauge copper 26 guage I believe and there is a tie tack back silver soldered onto the back of each one. The entire process took less than an hour to produce.

A single fold and then annealed before opening and then running through the rolling mill.

Fred Zweig
Metalsmith

I have done a few things with a single fold and opened all the way....and sort of flattened, but not put through the mill to really flatten the line. I will have to try that. I also like the texture on the side with the circles, nice contrast to the smooth side. They have a feel of fabric swatches to me. Again, very cool.

~Janice

Janice,

I have coined a phrase for this technique. I call it Localized Metal Deformation (LMD) and I often use it over a textured surface I have created by hammering the surface over a heavily pitted steel surface.

(Tip) when rolling through the mill orient the line so it rolls with the mill and not against parallel with the rollers.

Fred Zweig
Metalsmith

Fred,
That's a good name for your technique. Let me see if I understand this. you are pre-texturing your metal before you make something out of it? Fascinating..Brad

Brad,

I texture the metal by striking it on a pitted surface and then come back and and hammer a flat faced punch onto the back of the metal on a hard polished anvil. This creates the plateus that you see on my pins.

LMD is also known as "hammering real hard with hammer and punch".

Fred Zweig
Metalsmith

A friend of mine hammers hers on her concrete steps -- she gets a great texture that way. :) plus releases a lot of pent up energy. ;-)

~Janice

Janice,
I'll pass on that technique, at my age I need all the pent up energy I can find. ~ Brad