Description
Small, round copper tealight holder or bowl/dish, 7.5cm diameter and just over 1cm high, with hammer marks.
When I make these bowls, I use the ‘wrong’ type of hammer and it leaves marks whenever I hit the bowl. This means every bowl is unique.
I make this bowl starting by cutting a circle out of copper sheet. I file and polish it, then sink/raise it. This involves hammering the copper using a round former. When copper is worked, it gets hard and brittle, so I alternative hammering with annealing. Annealing involves heating the copper up until it gets workable again. Copper does not need to be worked hot. Once I have a bowl shape, I pickle away oxides that have formed on the surface during annealing. For pickling I use a citric acid bath. After pickling, I polish the bowl, then lacquer it. I sign the back too.
The bowl is covered in lacquer to keep it shiny.
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If you want a variation to this item, please get in touch because I can do custom orders. Also, please get in touch if you would like more information.
