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).
Make Stuff With Your Hands 
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.
July 13, 2015 at 1:28 pm
Yeah, copper is really nice to work with. Thanks for looking at the site.
-Jim
March 26, 2016 at 1:53 am
Love the site , really like the copper section , are you currently posting new work?
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.