Mick B
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I'm not sure what type of flower this thing is, but I saw a similar one as part of a huge big wall mural made of ceramic.
It measures 460 mm high and is made out of 2mm flat sheet. I cut the 3 flower leaves from a single piece using the angle grinder as close as I could and then the flap wheel. Used a thicker disc (3mm ?) to mark around the edges where the gold paint is. The round things are 16 mm washers with the head of a 12mm cup head bolt welded in behind them and the storky bits (you can see I'm right into flowers !) are 5 mm rod.
I mounted it on the black background as you can see which is also 2mm as I have lots left over from a previous job. To give it some depth I cut a 10 mm rod into 3/ 20mm long pieces and then drilled and tapped them out and welded them on the back of the flower and screwed it all together from behind.
I don't know what I'm going to do with it now .............. probably stick it in a corner somewhere and forget about it. But, like a lot of things, it was fun working out how to do it and actually seeing it come together.
It measures 460 mm high and is made out of 2mm flat sheet. I cut the 3 flower leaves from a single piece using the angle grinder as close as I could and then the flap wheel. Used a thicker disc (3mm ?) to mark around the edges where the gold paint is. The round things are 16 mm washers with the head of a 12mm cup head bolt welded in behind them and the storky bits (you can see I'm right into flowers !) are 5 mm rod.
I mounted it on the black background as you can see which is also 2mm as I have lots left over from a previous job. To give it some depth I cut a 10 mm rod into 3/ 20mm long pieces and then drilled and tapped them out and welded them on the back of the flower and screwed it all together from behind.
I don't know what I'm going to do with it now .............. probably stick it in a corner somewhere and forget about it. But, like a lot of things, it was fun working out how to do it and actually seeing it come together.
