copper

Quatrefoil

peggy — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:09:45 -0500

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)

Modular Cold Connection

peggy — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 13:22:36 -0500

This bracelet is made of bronze, sterling & fine silver, & copper rivets. All components of this bracelet are connected solely by rivets. (same design on both sides)

Copper twist

Chucky Boy — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 11:18:02 -0500

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.

"alienation"

scrollerbear — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:21:20 -0500

Been to the metal salvage yard lately. Wow! paid $3.50 a pound for scrap copper. I need to be selling instead of buying.

scrollerbear

Copper Willow - Wire Tree Sculpture

Sal Villano — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 18:30:36 -0500

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.

Cobweb gate

topps35 — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 02:22:29 -0500

Loved Nic Easts cobweb gate so thought i'd show you mine. Just finished for a Wiltshire Wildlife Exibition in July. The gate is steel, as is the web and the ivy. Old copper water tanks made up the spider and ivy leaves, scrap cable for the legs. My favourite bit is the long tapered vine with a bluebell on the end, (Artistic licence!) Will be mounted on reclaimed oak fence posts. Really dont want to paint or galv it. Is there a laquer suitable for steel fo outside, I cant see anyone oiling it regularly.

Owl Weathervane

QuiQue — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 23:47:33 -0500

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.

Golden Elm Wire Tree Sculpture

Sal Villano — Fri, 23 May 2008 19:03:33 -0500

Golden Elm Wire Tree Sculpture
20" X 17" X 17". Made of 20, 26 and 28 gauge gold colored wire. All the leaves on this tree are created by hammering and flattening each wire.
Bonded onto oval dark wood base into mound of aluminum resin.

90% Copper 10% Tin Bronze source?

Gavaksa — Mon, 19 May 2008 12:49:27 -0500

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.

Anticlasic Raising in Free-Form

Jamie Santellano — Sun, 18 May 2008 14:13:25 -0500

This is a piece of Copper scrap I found in my Studio, which was a negative from some flames I cut out a while ago. I filed down the edges, and used the Anticlastic technique to see how the shape would react to it. I got some amazing curves, and the transitions are smooth. With more practice, and a wider range of sinusoidal stakes I'm positive I will be able to create some amazing pieces.