Forged Copper Roses
Make a wonderful Valentine's day gifts for your special someone or just brighten your own day with lifelike and eternal copper roses!
Learn to add volume to flat copper sheet, and texture to copper wire as we form these materials into life-like metal roses. You will learn how to cut out patterns in metal, how to shape them into individual components, how to combine them into a finished form, and then how to add detail and individuality to your finished flower. Depending on your skill-level and familiarity with the processes covered, you can expect to come away with at least one finished rose, and possibly as many as three or four. There is room for experimentation with your flower's form, but for the majority of the class we will be focusing on the tried-and-true rose.
Please be advised: Registration for onsite classes closes one week before the class start date.
Meet the instructor
Emerging from the darkness where man fears to tread, Brendan arrived without warning one day with nothing but a hammer and speaking in a dead tongue. Not much is known about him, beyond the fact that he is heralded by the sound of an anvil's ring a smell of burning metal. He takes whatever he can find and hammers it until its shape pleases him. Most times it is metal. MOST times...
Materials & Tools
There is a $65 materials fee for this class that is payable upon registration. The materials kit includes 12"x12" sheet of copper (22ga); heavy gauge copper wire; patina; saw blades; and other studio consumables required to complete the course objectives.
Closed-toe shoes - required in the Metalwerx studio
Notebook or sketchpad
Pen or pencil
Lunch
There is a deli/sandwich shop within walking distance of the studio.
Metalwerx has a microwave, toaster oven and fridge.