Copper Flower with Leaves

by zoraida
(patchogue, n y )

I'm still playing / experimenting with copper sheet. It's a new medium for me and still intimidating.

Having succeed at creating leaves, I decided on making flowers.

I drew 2 simple flower shapes on the copper sheet - one slightly smaller, drew petals on them with a pen then cut the flower shapes out.

On the back of each piece, I rubbed between the lines of the petals with the point of a pencil to make them puff out and to work harden the metal.

I then filed all around the shapes to round and smooth them and punched a hole in the centers with a hole puncher.

The texture on the petals was created by playing with roundnose pliers and a small nylon jaw plier to curve the edges of the petals.

I made an eyepin with a double loop out of 4" piece of 20 gauge wire. Placing the smaller flower on top, I inserted it through the hole in the center of both flowers.

On the back of the flowers, I coiled a fine wire around the base of the flower where the 20 gauge wire emerges tight up against the flower to secure it.

To create a bail with a loop for hanging leaves, I used the 20 gauge wire sticking out of the back of the flower. I made a simple figure eight and turned the bottom loop on its side to make it lie flat.

That's it for the flower. The leaves were covered earlier in my Copper Leaf Earrings.

I placed the pendant on a Sterling Silver collar here for contrast.

Zoraida
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