Riveted brass and copper heart

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Riveted brass and copper heart

by Jim Osment
(Brisbane Australia)

reflections from the garden

rivet heart pendant

the hollow back

Just thought I'd share this with you all. This is a brass and copper pendant I made a few weeks ago and was just taking the photos to add it to my little online shop, Hammered Hearts.

I always liked this one but it was really only when I was cropping the photos that I realized how much I really love it.

The pictures taken outside with the reflections from my garden give it, to my eye, an almost oil painting quality. To me copper and brass are so much more interesting than silver.When I came to photograph the back I realized that it nearly looks as good as the front in a different sort of way (it's hollow backed).

It just still amazes me how cool copper and brass can look, with a simple design and a bit of hand hammered texture. I hope some of you like it too.

Jim Osment
Hammered Hearts

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Riveted brass and copper heart

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Fabulous
by: Anonymous

This is fabulous, I am glad you took the pictures so that you could share it.

It's Gorgeous!
by: Ana

Love it, great work!

Question??
by: Lynda Carson

Beautiful work and I do have a question for you, please.
Did you coat the piece to protect the patina? If so, what did you use? It's so shiny!

Thanks,
Lynda

Thanks
by: Jim Osment

Thanks for the positive comments, so nice to get some feedback.
Lynda,it's only shiny because it's just freshly polished.I use standard sisal and calico buffing wheels on a bench grinder to do the polishing and a standard solid buffing compound.I haven't put any coating on it.I believe there are waxes you can use.I would also be interested to find a good one.