My Attempt at repousse

[Rojo Pedro]

I watched a couple videos by Thak ironworks and thought it looks like fun and gave it a 30 minute try.  Was fun and I want to do more  I call him “sleepy joe”

[Daswulf]

Looks good for a first try.  What did you use under the copper to brace it?

[Rojo Pedro]

Thanks Das. I just used an old stump for dishing and my anvil. It was a pain to keep from moving around. I will clamp it down next time

I may make a pitch bowl if I want to pursue this. It sure was fun to do and surprisingly easy

[Daswulf]

Pretty good for just using a stump and anvil. I bet you could really get going if you made the pitch bowl. Plus the pitch would help it from moving around I would think. 

How many times did you need to anneal while working it?

[Rojo Pedro]

I didn’t anneal it at all. I only had about 30 minutes on it and put my plumbers torch to it at the end to try to flame color it with disappointing results as shown. Thanks 

[Daswulf]

On my few attempts at flame coloring copper I found it tricky and didn't end up with what I really wanted. 

[Rojo Pedro]

Got home a bit early and gave it another try. Spent about an hour and a half. annealed it once

now I really want to make some chasing tools and get some pitch

I like the way the nose came out and was able to make some lips of sort

[Frosty]

Looks great for a first Pedro. It's lots of fun. If you get a pitch bowl keep an eye out for a small inner tube to make  the bowl holder. The "right" way is with a leather shot ring and filling it with lead shot is way stable but you can fill a small inner tube with rice or beans and have a decent holder that will hold the bowl at the angle you need to work from comfortably.

I did a little repousse on a cookie tin lid, it's deep draw steel and pretty malleable. I only tore through a couple small places, I didn't anneal soon enough.

Fun way to spend an evening.

Frosty The Lucky.