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!?☺

DIY Tutorial - How to Made the Leaf Necklace with Pure Copper!?☺
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Tools and Materials:

  • Pure copper
  • Lighter
  • Scissors
  • Texture hammer
  • Copper wire
  • water
  • Marker Pen
  • Tape
  • Hammer
  • Tableting machine ect.

Trimming

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Trimming: Use scissors to trim a square-shape piece from the brass.

Design & Cutting

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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

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Heat up the brass leaf to soften it. When you see it turn from red to dark, cool it down with cold water.

Thinning

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Use a press-machine to lengthen the softened brass piece.

Pruning

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After pressing, the brass leaf will be trimmed.

Shaping

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Shaping step. Trim off a section of brass wire and use tape-paper to stick the brass wire and the brass leaf together.

Embossed

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The taped together brass piece and wire will be pressed by the table pressing machine.

Remove the Tape

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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

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Use tweezers to fold up the brass piece following the middle press-line.

Make Texture

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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

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Heat up the brass leaf and cool it down.

Unfolded

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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

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Punch a hole on the surface of the leaf with tools.

Polished

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Polish the brass leaf and make the incision become smooth.

Complete!!

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It's a DIY Tutorial for Making the Leaf Necklace with Pure Copper!! Hope you will like it!
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