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Hand-tooled copper, 9" x 12'
(made as a birthday gift for my father)

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:iconjo-shadow:
Wow! very cool. I hope he liked it =)

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Thanks, Jo,
Although Alzheimer's took so much away, his appreciation of art and music remained with him all his life. He really did enjoy it, and it still hangs in my mom's house. :-)

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:iconthylacine-hunter:
Beautiful. Great detail work.

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Thank you! :rose:

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~ Butterpaw ~
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:icon54mwi53:
That is unbelievable! You must really love your father. I can't really imagine how you achieved such intricacy, but I've never really worked with copper.

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:iconbutterpaw:
Thank you very much! :hug: ...

Psst! it's easier than it looks The hardest part might be drawing the design, as it should have nice possibilities for textures.

If it interests you, here's a link that might get you started [link] It is time consuming but quite enjoyable. (I'd be happy to answer questions, too) :-)

And yes, I really loved my father.. I made many little gifts for him over the years... when I see those things now, they remind me of him, and of the way he encouraged my creativity. :-)

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:icon54mwi53:
That's very poignant, because I feel my father inspired my creativity, at least in artisan crafts. And thanks for the link, but I don't know if I'll be starting copper tooling anytime soon. Maybe though ^_^

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:iconbutterpaw:
Heh heh :-) ... it's ok.. I wasn't meaning to be pushy or anything :hug: ... sometimes, as an artist, it's just nice to know that things are not necessarily as difficult as they look ;-)

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~ Butterpaw ~
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Te audire no possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure.
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:icon54mwi53:
You can say that again, I think sometimes I'm too easily intimidated.

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Art is nothing without you.
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Heh heh.. well.. it's about time you let go of that then.... I've been looking at your gallery.. very nice work... beauty and craftmanship wherever I turn :)

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Te audire no possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure.
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July 16, 2006
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Canon PowerShot A300
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Jul 15, 2006, 3:38:23 PM

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