Bang metal sheet until it becomes a bowl.

Well here we are. Still here after 3 weeks so i guess i'm sticking to this. 

Question : Can you curve a sheet of metal into a bowl?

Answer : Yes.

How you ask?

Step 1. Cut sheet into a circle.

Not rocket science. Tin snips and cut into a circle. Pictured above.

Step 2. Use Stump to shrink

So, i really underestimated this part. 

Firstly i am so weak, Daniel makes it look so easy.
Secondly, getting the mallet exactly where you want it whilst trying to hit relatively hard is quite difficult. 

Got there in the end. A mat realised i was using the wrong mallet at the start and it was denting my bowl too much. (thanks Jin for pointing that out). 

Step 3. Sandbag or Bag of Sand?

So i then took my wonky piece, which looked like it was hit by the most uncoordinated guy on the planet and smoothed it out with the sandbag. 

Using the other side of the mallet now (the bigger one) just lay into it. 

Step 4. Hammer Tone

So i know this wasn't part of it, but it looked so cool. Daniel showed us how hammer tone is actually done and i really loved the finish that it produces. So obviously i used the anvil thingy to smooth out the piece, but on top of that i really did go for that hammer tone effect. MEANING i was there, hammering this thing away for ages. Hammer tone harder than it looks and requires more patience. Still good learning experience.  

Step 5. Wheel of England

So if you got through all those other steps without any screw ups, you get to move on to the English wheel. The English Wheel allows you to really refine the smoothness of the piece and gives you more accurate radii. 

And Bam you done. Can do more finishing techniques like sanding and polishing but that would screw up my hammer tone.