Metal Roses

I've been busy making things, and after the Infinity Cube Coffee Table one of the good members on here has shown me how to make these Metal Roses.

They are a bit fiddly to make and take quite awhile, each one is a little different so they are all individuals.

This is how they look



cheers dave

look good dave well done

sand surfer said:

look good dave well done

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thanks mate, and it was all with your help and info that they look good, and gives me something to do as well, thanks again.

made another one this morning


cheers dave

all good mate, just make sure the bloody aphids don't have a chew dave

sand surfer said:

all good mate, just make sure the bloody aphids don't have a chew dave

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Dave might have to start making metal ladybirds if those metal aphids turn up Grumpy.

I dunno about ladybirds and aphids, but I know a guy and his missus in WA that were making gold ants, detecting little nuggets and putting them together to look like ants, and they looked good also.

cheers dave

, i used to make them and turtles dave for the little and big kids
a smithy term for a minor hickup dave,
as you have to heat the petals to form them , not often but sometimes things get a bit hot and you burn a small hole in it
a customer asked me what happened there with the tiny hole in it so i told her
bloody aphids just can't keep em out

I'm impressed. They look good.

Your Roses look 2 different colours 1 silvery and the other brassy? What material are you using and, are the electroplated or just base metal.
you are certainly an artist and should do well with them.
regards,
Ned

Ned said:

Your Roses look 2 different colours 1 silvery and the other brassy? What material are you using and, are the electroplated or just base metal.
you are certainly an artist and should do well with them.
regards,
Ned

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there made from cold rolled flat steel sheet, shaped and then brass brushed while the metal is still hot (not red hot) and the brass brush leaves some brass on the hot steel, I guess the more shiny silver looking areas have less brass left on them.

some of the earlier ones have less brass as I was getting used to how to do it is most likely why, now the look similar. also the light on the roses while being photographed certainly makes a difference also.

cheers dave

Veronica now has 6 Everlasting Roses, 2 vases with 3 in each sitting on the dining table



cheers dave

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I have added a candle holder to the collection for Veronica, she reckons it turned out ok.


cheers dave

looking good dave

today I made a nice set of blacksmith tongs, light duty ones from 6mm flat, (for myself), to hold the 6mm round rod when going in and out of the forge heating it up stuff to make the various things, the rose stems and the candle holder are all heated in the forge and hammered and shaped.


cheers dave

There's the one I got