I made my first rose today. After viewing Mark Aspery's videos on YouTube numerous times, I decided to give it a go. It's nothing special as the minute detail that Mr. Aspery is so adept at capturing isn't there, but I'm happy with the fact that I got the leaves to stick with forge welds on my first attempt. Getting the stem and the branch lined up correctly for the weld was a challenge for me as I didn't want to burn up my OCP tongs in the fire holding them together. So I grabbed the biggest, meatiest tongs that I had so they wouldn't burn before the stem and branch reached welding temperatures.

My wife just passed thru and saw this and her reaction was "Wow, nice rose! Go Buba" Very nice and I can't believe it is your first. Thanks for sharing.

Very nice. Especially for your first. Keep at it. Thanks for posting.


Mitch

Having made several roses myself, yours looks a lot nicer than my first one did Keep up the good work!

You did a lovely job on it and should feel proud!

My mom has the first rose I made. :)

Generic Rose? I don't think so. Thats a fine looking one there. I never get tired of making them. They all come out so different.

Thanks everyone. I appreciate the kind words. My wife contributed the empty gin bottle...

Did she empy it herself? ;)

Every ounce! :blink:

Very nice for the first one, I have made several and still are not that nice. What gauge sheet metal did you use? I have been using 18ga.

Thank-you Dillon. That rose in your avatar is impressive.

I also use 18ga. sheet.

You do some really beautiful work Mark. That is one great looking rose.

Thanks Kerry. That's very kind of you.

nice