Paper Patterns

Posted on July 31, 2012 by

I’ve mentioned before that I use patterns in my “In Progress” posts. Here are a few of my latest ones.

The pattern from the cuff that didn’t turn out (along with the pattern for the additional part that was removed.)

Then there are the patterns for the Entropy pendants and rings:

Two different versions of the silver pieces that were riveted onto the bronze pendant:

And the most recent are some paper prototypes for my upcoming teapot:

You can see I used these to work out exactly what size I wanted and then to make the pattern that I’ll use for the actually pieces of the pot’s body. But there’ll be more on that later…

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Metal. To many it is hard, rigid, and immovable. But metal flows, bends, and can be worked over and over again. It is both industrial and
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2 Responses to Paper Patterns

  1. Barry Smith says:
    July 31, 2012 at 17:04

    W- using paper patterns certainly saves on metal when doing prototypes – good idea. B

    • Wendy Edsall-Kerwin says:
      August 1, 2012 at 12:38

      My fold forming teacher showed me that trick. Anything you can do with a piece of paper, you can do with sheet metal. A forging instructor also pointed out that clay works too.

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