Not pretty - starting many bowls and the tools used

©2018 Barry Smith - Metal marked and cut for the 4 sets of Daily Leaf Words

Yesterday and today I managed time in the studio-garage. The aim is to make 4 sets of Daily Leaf Word sets and about 12 ladles. As you can see from the photos above and below using cut up old, and often dirty, salvaged silver-plated serving trays means that the initial stash of metal can look pretty ordinary.

©2018 Barry Smith - Twelve pieces cut and marked for ladle bowls

©2018 Barry Smith - Love the curly offcuts

The fire treatment and hammering does not really improve the look. But they will shine once taken over to the grinding-polishing bench.

©2018 Barry Smith - All the bowl formed through hammering and the metal press

©2018 Barry Smith - Some of the pieces marked up and hammered

©2018 Barry Smith - I got bit side tracked with this little bowl - I have hammered the back and then decided to make the handle from a small copper soldering iron

I loved the fact that the work bench just became populated by hammers and stakes - all the tools were used in the process to date.

©2018 Barry Smith _ This stake was a towing ball - good 50mm form

©2018 Barry Smith - Love that selection of hammers - all used today at some point in the process with different bowl forms - the bigger bowl is on a stake being planished

©2018 Barry Smith - Inside of the bowl after the back was planished

I hope to get time over the weekend to finish the hammering and get to polish the bits - something shiny to show on Sunday.