Chasings, Butterflies, and Cattails - so much!

I have a lot of things to show you!

First, the exhibit pieces that are now in my online shop.
Remember "My Heart in December", the piece I did while teaching a workshop in Minnesota?

The Steel Bamboo Leaf Cluster

and the Bear

I am still slowly working on my silver butterflies.
 

And the marshy piece...
Now you can see how pipe transforms to cattails

I use a fullering tool to pinch in the pipe all the way around.  I work my way down the pipe, making what looks like a length of link sausages.  I'll break them all apart and weld on round bar above and below the seed pod shape for the stems. I'll be sure to post another photo after they're welded up.
Here are some of the leaves before I form them.  The tips are too pointy, so I'll make them more blunt first.

This is going to be a busy week, so keep checking back for more wall art, jewelry, and cattails in-progress.