[TheForge] RE: Roses

[Marc Godbout]

I made these using the anvilfire "Russian Eosw" as a base. Maine
differences are the choice of "bar stock" and I tapered the petals
section so that the outside petal section was wider than the inside
petals. That let me curve the base of the flower in.

-Marc

http://ironringforge.com/HomeProjects/RailRoses.jpg

On Fri, 2004-01-02 at 22:31, Ralph wrote:
> 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.

> 
-- 
Marc Godbout
http://www.ironringforge.com

New England Blacksmiths Membership Director
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