[TheForge] RE: Roses

[Ralph]

At 09:00 PM 1/2/04 -0600, you wrote:

>I personally think most of the copper "roses" out there look more like
>carnations. The key I've found is to leave a gap of about 1/4" or so between
>each set of petals. This keeps the conical shape of a real rose. Another
>thing that helps is to peen the petals so the edges overlap, this gives you
>more real estate to crinkle and curl, ands makes the rose look fuller.
>
>As for patterns, I bought a steel rose pattern from Jere and traced it onto
>very thin tin sheet. You can almost cut this tin with scissors. It works
>great for all types of patterns and wont rust..
>
>just my 2 cents after making 50 to 60 roses over the years
>
>
>mike

anvilfire has a good demo of a rose made from bar stock. And they look good 
as well.

Ralph


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