[CRAFT] Art in Metal

[Eulaliaaa!]

Have you braided hair or rope before?

I haven't really braided rope, and I think I've braided hair... once or twice in my lifetime 

[The Skarzs]

Braiding is pretty simple is my point. You have three strings or lengths, and cross them in this pattern:
A B C
A over B
B A C
C over A
B C A
B over C
C B A
A over B
C A B
. . . and so on.

[Cornflower MM]

Or, three strands. Take the one on the right. Move it to the middle. Now take the one on the left. Move it to the middle. Take the one that's one the right. Move it to the middle. Repeat until you run out. See? Simple.

[Mhera]

What's the hardy hole in the anvil for?

[The Skarzs]

The hardy hole is for holding tools, like cut-offs, spring swages (top and bottom tools), and others. People have made many, many useful and creative hardy tools, like one made to more easily make tongs, or another which is literally like a Swiss army knife. The hole can also be used for punching holes, or for holding a holdfast (a tool used for keeping metal to the anvil, like a third hand.)

[The Skarzs]

Soooo. . . Finally took a picture of a flower I made my mom for Mother's Day.

. . . Or was it her birthday? Anyway, it was a while back.

Now, I wanted to do another one for my grandma for a while, and now that I finally got it done, I feel a little bad how much better it turned out. (Of course, my mom is like "It still looks beautiful and it means a lot to me!", but I'm a bit of a perfectionist. . .) Anyways, here's the other rose.

I actually knew what I was doing for this one.

[LT Sandpaw]

Is that a railroad spike for a stem? Interesting use of what you have.

[The Skarzs]

Nope; it's a random piece of metal I filched off a piece of pier washed up on the beach.

[Mhera]

Those look awesome!

[Jukka the Sling]

Those are both amazing!  I'd never be able to do that in a million years...

[Lady Amber]

They're awesome looking!

[The Skarzs]

Those look awesome!

Those are both amazing!  I'd never be able to do that in a million years...

They're awesome looking!

Thanks! Though, if you saw them for real, you'd be able to tell which one is nicer. By a long shot.

And Jukka, if you tried, you'd be surprised.

[Rainshadow]

  Puuuuuuuuurrrrrddyyyyyyy.  :3

  Seriously, they look really cool. 

[Vilu Daskar]

How'd you get started with this?

[The Skarzs]

  Puuuuuuuuurrrrrddyyyyyyy.  :3

  Seriously, they look really cool. 

Why thank you. :3 (I still have yet to send it. . .)

How'd you get started with this?

My mom showed me a video of someone making a bear's head from steel, and I thought "That's what I want to do". So I looked into it more, tried getting materials and whatnot, became part of an association for blacksmithing, and after two, three years I'm where I'm at now.