A flower

[Chipper]

Delayed with my Minx waiting for late parts, and keen to avoid DIY and telly I made a Thing. 0.5mm copper, brass, stainless. Vase thing was heated and plopped in some manky gearbox oil. Needs finishing and a clean up but here 'tis:

 

[chunkolini]

Nice one, how are the petals stuck on?
Chunko'.

 

[Chipper]

Cheers. They're MIGged on, petals are all one piece, folded the leaf "stem" around to a tube-ish thing then fold the end bit the opposite way to hug the flower stem.

 

[Hitch]

Beauty. I like the colour contrasts.
Nice job there.

 

[Norm]

really nice that chipper, well done, I am very interested in the techniques you would use to make that. Did you use different wires / gas for the different metals and what did you use to cut the shapes out sorry for the noob questions but if you don't ask you don't learn.
regards Norm

 

[smoggyrich]

very nice!

 

[Chipper]

Thanks very much chaps.
Norm, I used tin snips to cut out. Bit of wood with a depression made in it, and mostly a small home-made hammer out of inch bar with rounded end like a ball-pein. A dolly made from a bearing ball welded to a bit of square tube. Home made chisel thing to put the lines on the leaves.

Just used argon mix and normal wire as I haven't got anything else, should be fine indoors. The bottom flower thing is welded, the other petal bits stay put with tight-fitting holes and the stem tube was hammered to a taper, some weld blobbed on the end.

 

[strube1369]

really really nice, man.

 

[troppo]

They are gorgeous mate, real works of art and would look beautiful anywhere. The work of a real artist.

 

[Chipper]

Thanks guys, too kind, cheers.