How To Make Leaves Out Of Copper Sheet

Almost all metals are from repurposed items purchased in thrift stores.

How to make leaves out of copper sheet.

First video of more to come of me making some leaves in copper. Wear soft leather gloves and use metal snips to cut out the shape. Don t worry about marking up the copper. Purchase sheets of soft 36 gauge copper brass or silver at a crafts store.

Video is unedited and was done on my laptop just because i do it this way does not mean that it is the only way that it can be done. All leaves with mixed metals are riveted together with hand made rivets in copper brass or silver plated wire. Make a leaf template. Demo of actually cutting out metal leaves from 22 gauge mild steel plate.

Place the template on the copper sheet and trace the outline with a sharpie. Make large copper leaves for elaborate art pieces or create just a couple of small leaves for a pair of stylish inexpensive diy earrings. Tape template to copper and cut around leaf outline cutting through paper and copper with scissors or a utility knife. How to cut out metal leaves using an angle grinder.

Al found metal snips that can cut curves which. Some leaves are created using the fold form method some chasing repousse or fabricated method. I discuss using a thin disk on angle grinder.