This necklace consists of a sterling silver sand cast, from a clay model, with liver of sulfur patina, & handmade copper necklace & findings. (small copper beads were purchased)

The Wife wanted something very simple and delicate over the Fireplace. We are once again remodeling, and I had some scrap copper laying around so I cobbled up this peice. She loves it!! I'm not so sure I care for it to much, but it's growing on me.

Copper Willow - Wire Tree Sculpture
6" high x 4"wide x 4"deep. Made of 26 gauge solid copper wire. Each wire is twisted to form the branches. Mounted in a dark gray square ceramic pot in a bonded sand and pebble mound that is painted with India ink to look like moss.

This owl weathervane was commissioned for the UNC-Chapel Hill Humanities Department. The owl has a stainless steel strap skeletal structure with individually formed copper sections riveted to the stainless structure. The front half of the copper tree limb (pointer) was filled with molten lead to add a counterweight to balance out the weight distribution so the wind pointer could rotate properly. The compass rose was cnc plasma cut out or 1/4" thick naval brass. The letters were gold leafed. The central axis section was made of stainless steel. The eyes were hand blown glass by a local glassblower.

Hey all,

I'm trying to get ahold of straight 90/10 CuSn Bronze for some bronze age tools and experiments. C90700 Phosphur Bronze is about as close as I can come to it with a commercially available product. I was thinking of simply smelting my own, but the cost of copper is just insane right now. $7.67 per pound for copper is just nuts.