May 1, 200917 yr I thought Mother's Day was this weekend. I got a little ahead of myself. Here's a rose I made for Karen for Mother's Day: I thought you all might be interested in the way I made the sepals and petals. You can also make crosses, bugs, birds, and rossets this way.
May 1, 200917 yr Another great tutorial! Thanks Brian. Pictures 4-6 show forging the sepals. The petals are made from the same blank as shown in picture 3 but drawn laterally instead of longitudinally, then textured and contoured. Yes? Frosty
May 1, 200917 yr A great looking rose! Thanks for the picture tutorial. How long does it take you to complete one?
May 1, 200917 yr awsome rose and great pictorial tutorial. Did you hot slpit the groves in the sides of the 1" stock?
May 1, 200917 yr thanks Brian i've seen it made from sheet metal but this looks like a great way to try too the pictures where an excellent touch
May 2, 200917 yr Author I'm not sure how long it took. I did it in between other jobs. I did split the 1" stock a little over 1/4" deep on all four sides before I cut the 1/2" slices off. For the sepals I cut from all four sides with a top and bottom chisel, and for the petals I cut from 8 sides with my hammer and hardy so the corners got knocked back. Here's some pictures of the stem development.
May 2, 200917 yr One thing that I particuliarly like about this is that the entire work can be done in a relatively narrow forge like a small propane. It is well adapted to a confined work space with relatively little equipment. Its the kind of project that teaches a lot. I'm going to have immense fun trying to emulate your project.
May 5, 200917 yr Never saw it done that way vary cool!! Looks like a good skill biulder or I can make another pile of scrap lol.
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