My sister-in-law is German and did a translation for me of what he is saying. Here it is.
Conversation started Thursday
9/12, 6:34pm
H Elen Clevenger
sure , here's the translation:
9/12, 6:46pm
H Elen Clevenger
He starts by selcting a "carbon poor" piece of iron which he selcts by the sound it emits and the sparks that it produces.Then he heats it up and uses the power hammer to "combine" or layer it. His sohn helps him to "combine"he the top part of the iron down to as much iron in as little physical room and then he forms a ring, or band around it. Working together him and his son work fast in "pulling" the ring shape head apart and flattening it while doing that. In doing so they create two flat discs that gelty stick together.He reheats it and seperates the two layers.The top part of the rose gets worked by cutting of the unneeded metal and shaping petals.He keeps having to reheat it since it has to remain a certain temperature to be moldable.Halfway thru the work process he switches to the oven to a burner and anvil. With sheer aimed impact force on the anvil at different angles and continous reheatinghe forms the top petals.The bottom petals get formed in the same manner. He then reheats only the stem and splits of the "green " bottom leaves of a rose. The whole stem goes back under the pressure hammer to give it a thin waist and even shape, before cooling it off.At last he uses a broze brush to get rid of any burs and give it a golden shimmer.
