Boomerang with Three Points

by Nancy Vaughan
(San Diego, CA)

Recently I bought a pair of metal snips and started working with copper sheet making simple rectangular and square shapes.

My next step was to make some shapes with curves.

I started small and had a great time snipping away and making lots of little scraps.

I was about half way through my second piece of 6" X 6" sheet copper when I noticed a large scrap with an unusual shape. Since I had already made a necklace and some earrings with smaller scraps I decided it would be a nice challenge to work with this larger piece.

After snipping, filing and giving it texture by working from both sides I had a very unusual shape that looked a bit like a boomerang.

It needed some embellishment so I tried both glass and stone beads then decided the dark green jasper looked the best.

I punched some holes, oxidized and polished the surface, hung the beads, attached some chain and suede then finished it off with a handmade hook clasp.

Save those scraps. You never know what can be created with them.

Nancy Vaughan