Friday, July 26, 2019

Bowl and leaf making 101

©2019 Fiona Dempster - Wood and Fiona's classic silver-plated leaf form
We have had visitors who were keen to try their hand out on a bit of metal work. I said I would do a couple of simple pieces with them - a bowl and a leaf.  Introduction to metal work 101???? Fiona often gets left out of such activities; but not this time.

A few photos of the process follow.

©2019 Fiona Dempster - Neil pressing a bowl form
©2019 Fiona Dempster - Maureen - hammering the back of her bowl on a stake
©2019 Fiona Dempster - Barry discussing hammering techniques with Neil
©2019 Fiona Dempster - Maureen opening her leaf form on the adapted carpet layer's tool
©2019 Fiona Dempster - Barry showing Maureen the grinding angle for her leaf
©2019 Barry Smith - Fiona grinding her leaf
And what about the outcomes - all three graduated with flying colours.

©2019 Fiona Dempster - Three formed, hammered, ground and polished bowls 
©2019 Fiona Dempster - We retained the organic edges of the bowls
©2019 Fiona Dempster - Three great leaves - Maureen's stamped her grandchild's name 
It is great to see the creative enjoyment folk have taking flat salvaged metal into new three dimensional forms.
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  1. Fiona DempsterJuly 26, 2019 at 8:34 PM

    thanks so much B - it was great! i love my bowl, but think my leaf still needs a bit of work...I didn't smooth i toff as best I could have.

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