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

Love Fish

002, originally uploaded by parkadge.

Copper fish approx 3 inches long

Love House

004, originally uploaded by parkadge.

Small copper pendant- very rough but just done as a test piece

Hat

Untitled-2, originally uploaded by parkadge.

Been quiet lately but I had promised myself I'd work on some sculpture this weekend. Instead I started work on this hat. Probably from rereading Patrick O Brian's Aubrey/Maturin Novels.
I might add a cockade with a harp on it and pint the whole thing green for Saint Patrick's day

unidentified tank

unidentified tank, originally uploaded by parkadge.

033

033, originally uploaded by parkadge.

Fortress