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The Day a Dragonfly Took Flight: Musings of a Copper Whisperer

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The Day a Dragonfly Took Flight: Musings of a Copper Whisperer

The sun streams through the workshop window, casting dancing shadows across the workbench where a half-formed dragonfly awaits its wings. It's not just any dragonfly, though. This one is forged from copper. I'm Shaun, and I'm not your average artist. I don't wield brushes or wield clay. My canvas is copper, my tools a hammer and torch, and my muse – the ever-changing symphony of nature. Each piece I create is a conversation between me and the world around me, a translation of silent whispers into tangible beauty. There's a magic in the way copper moves under my touch, how...

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I haven’t had a lot of time lately to create much original work, but I’ve been continuing with my bread and butter makes, the bird baths, bee baths, bird feeders and calla lilies. In my spare time I’ve also been experimenting with pyrography, which means writing with fire. Obviously this is totally different to metal sculpture as it involves burning onto wood, but I’m hoping to add it as another string to my creative bow. I find it quite therapeutic to do, even though it takes a long time to create a piece. In other news the Art in the...

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