How To Make Leaves Out Of Copper Sheet

Make large copper leaves for elaborate art pieces or create just a couple of small leaves for a pair of stylish inexpensive diy earrings.

How to make leaves out of copper sheet.

Demo of actually cutting out metal leaves from 22 gauge mild steel plate. All leaves with mixed metals are riveted together with hand made rivets in copper brass or silver plated wire. Purchase sheets of soft 36 gauge copper brass or silver at a crafts store. Almost all metals are from repurposed items purchased in thrift stores.

Make a leaf template. Place the template on the copper sheet and trace the outline with a sharpie. Al found metal snips that can cut curves which. Tape template to copper and cut around leaf outline cutting through paper and copper with scissors or a utility knife.

How to cut out metal leaves using an angle grinder. Download and print our patterns see below or trace real maple oak or gingko leaves onto paper. Wear soft leather gloves and use metal snips to cut out the shape. If you use a washable marker or a dry erase marker you can just wipe away your marks after you cut out the leaves from the sheet.

Some leaves are created using the fold form method some chasing repousse or fabricated method. First video of more to come of me making some leaves in copper. Video is unedited and was done on my laptop just because i do it this way does not mean that it is the only way that it can be done.