Metal Texture Friday

The last few weeks have yielded some excellent thrift store finds.

My most recent find....this morning's purchase of a $1.00 baking dish holder.

The dish and lid were not present, but that didn't matter.

I was interested in the pattern of the cutouts.

I had some ideas that I was itching to try out, so I put my jeweler's saw to use when I got home.

With a section removed, I had to cut off the top and bottom rims so that I could work with a flat piece of metal.

Part of the serving dish was sandwiched between two pieces of annealed copper, and the 3 layers were fed through my rolling mill.

I like the resulting imprint, but it was a bit more subtle that I was hoping for.

 

I decided to try another tactic.

I placed another part of the serving dish on top of annealed copper and slammed it with my all purpose hammer.

This technique resulted in a more dimensional imprint.

Even the back side of the hammered copper has a great look.

 

And for another effect....

I sandwiched pieces of cut cardstock between two pieces of annealed brass.

A run through the rolling mill left a beautiful texture.

 

Now the challenge is figuring out how to use these great pieces of textured metal.