Steel brass and copper. 20” tip to tip

16 gauge steel flame colored blue, about the same gauge brass -tried the leave it yellow but found out about de-zincing when I used acid to clean the brass and left it a bit rose colored. 22 gauge copper also flame colored. 1/8” x 1/2” ring left natural.   

I am real happy with it and cant wait to do another.

here is the back side. I used my new plasma cutter,  welder and rivet header to good effect. 42 total rivets. Super fun to make. 

thanks for looking :-)

That is very cool. I think it would be a very marketable item too. You must have put a lot of hours into that.  Excellent work

Nice work Rojo!

  Of all your work you have shared here, I believe this is my favorite.  You just get better and better.  I really like the way the colors work.

I would echo the other notes of applause Rojo, extremely well done! I particularly like your use of the asymmetrical rays, lends a nice design element. Since you're plasma cutting, what about some gentle wiggles/undulations to the sun rays--akin to the mirage effect?

--Larry

   Way to go Rojo!

Awesome work Rojo! 

The steel boarder really adds a depth to it.

Thanks everyone, I really like the colors as well. Was easy to do the steel but I feel like I settled on the copper because I couldn't quite get what I was looking for.

CGL I have probably 16 total hours in 2-3 hour increments but a bit of that was new tools and techniques.

Larry I considered squiggly lines but I am not experienced enough with my cutter to do so free hand. I used a straight edge to cut these as it was all I could handle just keeping the torch moving at the right speed. I think I want to make some curvy edges and possible some leaf shapes to trace around with the torch. I need practice. 

It was 16 hours well spent. It's wonderful

That came out well Pedro, the colors are striking between the blued steel and brass, the copper rivets are a nice touch. I like it.

Next time try using Brasso if you want a brass finish. Heat patinas on brass get wonky really quickly and acid washing it is worse. 

Ask John about Brasso, he sings it's praises! 

Frosty The Lucky.

  I think a crescent moon and some stars, Rojo style would complement that sun.  Hint, hint....