How to Bring Your Metal-Crafting to a Whole New Level
Metal-crafting is a priceless skill. Not only will you have an opportunity to sell your art, but your crafting expertise will also benefit your health by putting your mind in a constant state of being focused and creative. And just like other arts, you need to know how to achieve a higher level of craftsmanship. As an example, the paint job is often the more overlooked aspect of metal work.
Now, let’s learn more about metal-crafting by reading the ideas below.
Get Professional-Grade Tools and Materials
If you have not done this step already, then I can assure you that there is no need to hesitate! If you want to be better, you must raise the stakes by working with professional-grade equipment and materials.
For example, if so far, you’ve mastered the crafting art with aluminum, silver, and pewter, then your next challenges will be working with nickel, brass, and stainless steel. However, please review these fundamental skills again in metal-crafting: cutting, soldering, bending, and forming. You have to make sure that those abilities are refined before you start working on a project. Learning is, of course, has its price, but your job here is to be as efficient as possible because that is the quality of an excellent artisan.
Create These Advanced-Level Projects
Desks, chair, lamp-stand, shelves, and storage boxes are usually the entry-level projects that are popular among DIY metal artisans. Now, upgrade your skills by creating these:
- Steampunk Lamp Stand
- Metal wind chimes
- Brass/copper wreaths
- Side table with metal legs
- Metal flowers/ornaments
- Window medallions
The inspiration for those six projects is plenty on Pinterest. You can also search for inspiration by browsing them on Google image search. You’ll see how intricate they are!
Document Your Works and Publish It
I am not encouraging you to embarrass yourself with failed projects. If yours fail, then keep it to yourself. However, if you document the whole process, you will have the means to look back and evaluate what has gone wrong with your project. A good metal artisan is not the ones who have never made any mistakes, but the ones who fix their errors as soon as they realize them.
Unless you are confident with the result of your work and its finishing, you should not go online. However, if you think you’ve achieved the standards, then share your crafts with the world. The first benefit is to reward yourself with a sense of achievement. Second, you open yourself to the opportunities of getting spotted by other metal-crafting enthusiasts, with whom you can exchange experience and ideas.…