Another one of my projects was a cup.
I started by drawing a template and cutting this shape out of sheet of 16 gauge pewter.
Then I fused the two long sides together (fusing means there is no seam)
and shaped it by hammering on stakes like this.
After a lot of raising and forming, this is what it looked like. The lines were there to help me keep the whole thing center. It's actually a lot like throwing a pot out of clay on a wheel. Except a lot more forceful. And a lot louder.
Here it is after adding a rim and a base and after smoothing out all the planish marks. I formed the rim by pouring an ingot out of molten scraps of pewter and then pulling it through a draw plate to make thick round wire. Then I connected the ends into a ring and fused them together.
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