Drawing On Copper Sheet

Although the drawings show the components in detail some items such as nails may not be shown for the sake of clarity.

Drawing on copper sheet.

The drawings are presented in two colors. Metal embossing tools or a stylus may be used as well for similar effect even a craft stick presses the metal down enough to create a design. I purchase my copper plates from a printmaker s supply company online. Drawing can also be used to cold form a shaped cross section.

Depth drawn is a metal forming technology. Copper plate if properly prepared is a smooth archival oil painting surface that s been used by artists for hundreds of years with stunning results. Steels copper alloys and aluminium alloys are common materials that are drawn. Consider starting with a smaller piece first such as a 5 x6.

Use a size appropriate to the size of wall hanging you want to make. Cold drawn cross sections are more precise and have a better surface finish than hot extruded parts. Use a pencil to draw a design on your copper. The thicknesses that basic copper carries are 1 mil copper foil 1 4 mil copper foil 3 mil 5 mil 36 gauge 8 mil 32 gauge 10 mil 30 gauge.

Copper materials are shown in copper color all other building materials are shown in black. Deep drawing is put a metal sheet or stainless steel plate on the mold through place force it will deform the sheet metal material homogeneous. The drawings are intended to show the relationships of the materials. Most punching and blanking technology through drawn or press let the material deformation to get what we wanted dimensions.

Place a piece of copper on a flat surface. I usually use 050 inch 16 gauge thickness but a thinner plate is perfectly fine for painting on copper.