Metal Art Techniques

It’s Another Really Cool Copper TechniqueLooking for a last minute holiday gift? This post won’t help you. I mean, I guess you could do it if you had the time,…

Inspired by animalistic forms both living and extinct, artist Mylinh Nguyen welds alien creatures from brass, bronze, and silver. Using a variety of machining techniques each creature takes form over several weeks, originating first as haphazard sketches in a notebook before evolving into permanent metal forms. Nguyen is a master of articulating even the most minute skeletal details of imaginary beings with metal, such as her seed-pod-meets-jellyfish series Meduses or her 2012 series of…

Embossing disposable aluminum cookie sheets is an easy technique that results in unique art. Learn how to emboss aluminum with this simple tutorial.

Learn step-by-step basic metal embossing techniques for beginners. Pewter art tutorials and craft projects for all ages.

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Art Alchemy Metallique Wax Tutorial by Heather Tracy for The Graphics Fairy! Such a great Mixed Media Art Technique!

Handmade welded metal roses with a vase create the perfect gift. This is three of our up-cycled roses and a vase made from recycled materials including washers, tubing, and wire welded together creating beautiful art. Each rose is an individual and a little different all created from the same materials. The washers are all hand bent and welded together to create a beautiful welded art rose that will never die. This gift would be great for Weddings, Anniversaries, Valentine's Day or just a…

Learn how to turn empty soda and beer cans into pretty faux looking copper sheets to use for crafting projects.

How to Make Copper Bracelets: This is something that I have been wanting to try for quite some time. I used a piece of scrap copper pipe to make some bracelets. I also tried various methods of accentuating the aesthetic of a simple bracelet.