Katri's Fox

Katri's Fox, originally uploaded by parkadge.

My Daughter katri drew this fox's head for me and I figured out how to do it in copper.

Pierced

Pierced , originally uploaded by parkadge.

The was a hole in the piece of copper I used for the heart. it closed up a bit during the beating but it's still there- I like it.

Queen

Queen, originally uploaded by parkadge.

Better luck with this one

Queen

Queen, originally uploaded by parkadge.

Finding it hard to line up the letters as I punch them

birdskull6

birdskull6, originally uploaded by parkadge.

Winged birdskull inspired by a trip to the In Storage display in Collins Barracks where I met Aideen McBride and chatted about WarHammer

birdskull4

birdskull4, originally uploaded by parkadge.

birdskull3

birdskull3, originally uploaded by parkadge.

birdskull2

birdskull2, originally uploaded by parkadge.

birdskull1

birdskull1, originally uploaded by parkadge.

birdskull

birdskull, originally uploaded by parkadge.

winged heart X

winged heart X, originally uploaded by parkadge.

The texture on the wings is from german hammer and the X on the heart is is just done by hammering the design in with an old screwdriver- very basic

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Beaten copper heart with wings

winged heart

winged heart, originally uploaded by parkadge.

I'm just using basic hand tools because I'm not really set up for this- my anvil is the head off an old sledge hammer. I have a few hammers and a couple of hand shears, pliers and  punches. I used to do a lot of this kind of work but I realise I forgotten a lot of techniques

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Beaten copper heart with wings

winged heart with arrow

winged heart with arrow, originally uploaded by parkadge.

I'm playing around making these copper ornaments. I start with a heavy guage sheet copper cut with a hand shears and hammer it into shape then weld it together using copper to copper rod