Raising Copper!

I am taking a metalsmithing class at the Lawrence Art Center and it is a real eye opener for me! I should have done this years ago.

We have a great teacher, Bryan Park, a great facility, and all the students seem really glad to be there.

Raising A Copper Bowl

This week, I started raising my first vessel from a flat sheet of copper. Here it is after two preliminary rounds of sinking (beating the copper into a depression to start the right shape).

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4 Responses to “Raising Copper!”

vincent crouch Says:
July 12, 2015 at 3:30 pm

raising and planishing copper sheet, WOW!!!!!!!! your topics have reminded me of my apprentice days as a sheetmetal worker and coppersmith, sadly I furthered my career following HVAC and only worked in copper on very few occasions.

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- Jim Says:
  July 13, 2015 at 1:28 pm
  
  Yeah, copper is really nice to work with. Thanks for looking at the site.
  -Jim
  
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loinclothblog Says:
March 26, 2016 at 1:53 am

Love the site , really like the copper section , are you currently posting new work?

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- Jim Says:
  March 28, 2016 at 2:41 pm
  
  Hi – I have been posting most of my new work on Instagram lately – but I will pull some things over here this week. Thanks for the nice comments.
  
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