Christmas Project - Day 2

I spent yesterday, working on the main body of the project. I'm still in two minds at to what it will eventually become. I know the overall shape, but I'm not sure yet if I will make it a box, or something a bit simpler.

Anyway...

Step 1 was to create the fustrum template;

Using the projection I produced yesterday, I cut out a card version of the fustrum, both as a template for marking out the silver and a quick way of confirming that the shape is right.

I want to incorporate an organic feel to the piece and plan to integrate some tendrils 'growing' out of and curling around the body of the piece. So the first stage is to draw out the organic pattern;

 

I adapted one of my early organo patterns which I used for the Organo Box 1 last year and translated to the body of the piece. The photo shows the silver after I sketched out the pattern and then drilled locating holes to allow me to cut out each section.

 It's a bit laborious, for each hole, you have to thread the saw blade in and then cut round the outline of the hole, before releasing the blade and repeating the process. The photograph above shows where I got to in cutting out all of the holes when I decided to call it a day... I'll finish off the holes tomorrow.