George N. M. Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 Dear all, Here is a link to an article about a Roman horse form brooch recently found in the UK. It is a cast rather than forged object but I though the treatment of the head of the horse was interesting. Horse ears are something that is difficult to represent when forging. On the brooch it looks like the interior of the ear was formed by a punch on the master (possibly wax) before casting and then the outside of the ears were formed from the metal upset by the punching of the ear interior. http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/58037#comments I will want to experiment with this technique to see how it works forging. It will mean making a specific punch for the interior of the ears. Maybe I need to practice in clay or wax first. In any case, I found this object very cool and interesting. "By hammer and hand all arts do stand." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyGoatLady Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 This is interesting. Thanks for posting it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George N. M. Posted March 7, 2020 Author Share Posted March 7, 2020 Dear CGL, I thought you might be interested since you do a lot of equine related things. G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elemental Metal Creations Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 Funny, I was thinking about trying something like this my self Fri. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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