started making a daffodil today for a christmas presant. Got to the stage now of polishing the steel, now for spraying with laquer tomorow, will upload some pics in a minute (:
Here's mine made from stainless, it might give you an idea or two, I would put a bit of shape into the petals, curve them gently forward, you could press a ridge in them using a blunt cold chisel or similar, and as snooper says cut and flare out the bell, you might want to thin the edge of the bell with a sander to make it look a bit lighter.
Daffodils?
Bloody hate the things.
Why? they give me a mega hayfever symptoms, been to hospital twice over it, sneezing, sinusitis, rhinitis, headaches, shakes.
A good chunkulat control device.
It took me three years to realise what caused it, as a singleboy i was fine, then this bloody woman started putting flowers in the house. Three years on the trot I was off work for a week early in the year. Bury it after chopping it up, then lay concrete on it.
Otherwise a good start, as said above I would do a little bit to make the edges a bit less harsh.
This stuff gets addictive.
these types of daffodils are ideal for you then :L yeah i had tried to cut into the end and bend, but it made a bit of a mess as it was cut off's of a roll cage so it was quite thick. Im Thinking about the next one to make now, any suggestions?
Hi, nice first attempt, I am going to have a go at some flowers / arty type stuff myself in the new year. From what I have researched so far thinner guage metal which is a bit more malleable seems to be the way to go unless you have access to a torch to heat it up.
The following link gives some good advice http://allshops.org/cgi-bin/community/communityalbums.cgi?action=openalbum&albumid=9980180727854 on making metal roses, and there are quite a few posts on here about it, Hitch seems to be the man when it comes to metal roses, Good luck with your future projects
Regards Norm