DIY Tutorial - How to Made the Leaf Necklace With Pure Copper!?☺
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DIY Tutorial - How to Made the Leaf Necklace With Pure Copper!?☺
Tools and Materials:
- Pure copper
- Lighter
- Scissors
- Texture hammer
- Copper wire
- water
- Marker Pen
- Tape
- Hammer
- Tableting machine ect.
Trimming
Trimming: Use scissors to trim a square-shape piece from the brass.
Design & Cutting
Draw on the brass piece with a marker to draw out the shape of a leaf. According to the outlines of the leaf, trim off the shape with scissors.
Heating
Heat up the brass leaf to soften it. When you see it turn from red to dark, cool it down with cold water.
Thinning
Use a press-machine to lengthen the softened brass piece.
Pruning
After pressing, the brass leaf will be trimmed.
Shaping
Shaping step. Trim off a section of brass wire and use tape-paper to stick the brass wire and the brass leaf together.
Embossed
The taped together brass piece and wire will be pressed by the table pressing machine.
Remove the Tape
The tape-paper of the pressed brass piece will be taken off and we will see a press-line in the middle of the brass piece.
Shaping
Use tweezers to fold up the brass piece following the middle press-line.
Make Texture
The folded brass leaves will be hammered by a texture hammer and we will make the outlines of leaf’s vein by this process.
Heating and Cold
Heat up the brass leaf and cool it down.
Unfolded
Use tools to re-open the folded leaf and make it with a shape of opened. Also we could make different folds with our interest.
Drill a Hole
Punch a hole on the surface of the leaf with tools.
Polished
Polish the brass leaf and make the incision become smooth.
Complete!!
It's a DIY Tutorial for Making the Leaf Necklace with Pure Copper!! Hope you will like it!
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