http://www.artmetal.com/tags/bowls_and_vessels The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.artmetal.com/blog/b_j_severtson/2007/12/butterfly_house_for_xmas <!-- google_ad_section_start --> <p>This butterfly house is made from 12 gauge copper wire, 100 feet becomes 150 feet.<br /> The technique is braiding, 44 strands. It's a rolling mill project. And a bit beyond my usual scale, it's 24 inches tall about 10inches in dia.</p> <br class="clear-both" /><!-- google_ad_section_end --> <p><a href="http://www.artmetal.com/blog/b_j_severtson/2007/12/butterfly_house_for_xmas">read more</a></p> http://www.artmetal.com/blog/b_j_severtson/2007/12/butterfly_house_for_xmas#comment bowls and vessels copper wire work coppersmith rolling mill Mon, 24 Dec 2007 15:58:28 -0600 B.J. Severtson 4701 at http://www.artmetal.com http://www.artmetal.com/blog/b_j_severtson/2007/12/fold_formed_bowls_and_vessels <!-- google_ad_section_start --> <p>I'll try to answer some fold forming questions. The process is one where I spend most of my time. What is fold forming? Well to begin with just look at the words fold and forming..gee you could do that with a sheet of paper..people have, they called the process origami..those same cultures also did origami with metal, mostly foils. They folded they formed..origami with metal ignores the properties of the metal and treats the resistance of the metal as an obstacle to be overcome. What if we used the characteristics or properties of metal in the process? When we do that, we are doing what today is known as "fold forming"</p> <br class="clear-both" /><!-- google_ad_section_end --> <p><a href="http://www.artmetal.com/blog/b_j_severtson/2007/12/fold_formed_bowls_and_vessels">read more</a></p> http://www.artmetal.com/blog/b_j_severtson/2007/12/fold_formed_bowls_and_vessels#comment bowls and vessels copper foldforming foldforming Sat, 15 Dec 2007 11:22:07 -0600 B.J. Severtson 4639 at http://www.artmetal.com