Thanks--I like that! My problem is that I have trouble cutting straight with the metal cutters! LOL
I have the bending tools--I keep saying that, and then (when I can't immediately find them) I always wonder if I still do have then or were they in the stuff we moved from Indiana in the cargo trailer (that was stolen). We had a lot of tools, etc in that.

DCarch,

HUmmmmm, that really gives me a good idea now. I can already invsion mine. My best guess though would be that your plate flower cannot be too heavy though. Thanks for sharing. I'll have to try that out. Even if I buy the copper tubing it still may be more economical that using what I've been using. I'll have to make a trip to the hardware store.

Love, Jules

Well -- THAT's got my wheels turning now !! I'm going to have to experiment with that . Thanks for showing us !

ooh, I like that look, yes, I can see some flowers in my future. It really looks like a flower bottom with that treatment.
The hard part is getting big enough tubing to cut and bend without getting too big. Thanks for that.

That's really nice !!!! Very Artistic !
Thanks for
sharing the pics and the cool Idea !

God Bless !
SusieSunshine

Great idea dcarch! The wooden dowel might work to keep the flower upright but it would have to be a horizontal flower rather than a vertical. But the effect is really pretty! Maybe plastic/melamine plates would work better? TFS!

1. Silicone glue will be plenty strong to hold up your plates. It can support around 350 lbs/ sq. in.

2. No problem going from large to small diameter pipes.

3. No problem bending to 90 degrees.

4. If you are interested, there are other things you can make by hammering the copper to different shapes.

Have fun. I hope this is useful.

dcarch

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OH MAN I LOVE THESE!!!!!

I see fountain and candle holders stuck in the 'calyx'.

your creations are beautiful and I love your idea. It looks like what a flower would really have in back. I have to agree however with those who suggest that the ge II might not hold a heavy plate to them unless there was a lot of surface contact as I had some problems with plate flowers coming apart until I figured out how to make more surface contact. Maybe a blob of ge II that goes into the pipe? It would need to be a short pipe so it could cure from the other side too.
I'll have to experiement with this...
Thanks dcarch
kathy

That is more than garden junk, I would call it metal art. Looks great, now I need to find the right snips, never seen to have just the right tool, no matter what project I start. Thanks for the wonderful informative pics.
Syble