matching each leaf for shape and sizes
my metal cutting work area
It's not all pretty, makin these flowers. Its a long process with many different parts to their making. Today part is to cut out some leaves from corrugated iron. My preferred Corro is hard to source here in the Darwin. No one wants to keep the old, beautifully rusted iron sheets. The threat of a cyclone has everyone cleaning up their yards.
I do like to reuse and recycle, so will never get new stuff. I visit the Shoal Bay waste recycle (dump) shop often. I love that you never know what beaut items can be found on any given day. G says I need to put it out into the cosmos exactly what I want, and you know, when I do, I usually find, right out in the open exactly what I want. Today, I was lucky enough to find the rusty corro, in just my size! Some of the sheets are metres long. Way to hard to handle, or fit in the car for that matter.
G researched, and got me a nibbler to cut metal. My hands are little, so I needed a tool I can hold easily. Lots of tools are made for men, and they usually have huge hands. We decided to use the area behind out little shed as the tiny nibbled off bits of metal can be quite the little hazard. Tiny and sharp and they love feet. ouch! Here they fall between the little bits of the road base pieces, rust, and are never seen again.
So I cut out the leaves, (today) wash the metal, grind the edges so they aren't sharp (tomorrow), punch a hole to screw into the flower stem. (some other weekend)
Process Done (maybe in a few weeks)
