Creating hollow forms on the hydraulic press…

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It’s something I haven’t done in quite a while. I’ve had my hydraulic press for over twenty years and when I first acquired it, I worked with it a lot! I sawed my own die forms and made a lot of beads and components as shown in my “Harvest” necklace above. In the past ten or so years, I’ve woefully neglected my press and missed out on adding 3-D elements using its capabilities in my recent works. Well, I’ve found my stash of dies (shown below) and I’m ready to have a go again…it’s time to play!

Hydraulic Press Dies

 

~ by BarbaraBriggsDesigns on May 31, 2015.

Posted in An Aside, At the Bench, Beads and Materials, Components, Embellishments, Handmade, Inspiration, Materials and Supplies, One-of-a-Kind
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4 Responses to “Creating hollow forms on the hydraulic press…”

  1. I love your posts, and always look forward to see what you are,doing. These hollow forms are beautiful and fun.

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    Alicia Fink said this on May 31, 2015 at 10:16 AM | Reply

  2. I especially love your Cloisonné! All so beautiful!

    Carol

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    Carol Cady said this on May 31, 2015 at 12:29 PM | Reply

    • Thank you, Carol! Cloisonné is something I haven’t done is such a long time as well. I have a drawer filled with powdered enamels, but I’m not enticed to get back into enameling at the moment. Maybe someday?

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      BarbaraBriggsDesigns said this on May 31, 2015 at 12:44 PM | Reply

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