Drawing On Copper Sheet

I usually use 050 inch 16 gauge thickness but a thinner plate is perfectly fine for painting on copper.

Drawing on copper sheet.

To create your designs set the copper shiny side down atop a sheet of shipping foam or craft foam. Consider starting with a smaller piece first such as a 5 x6. Depth drawn is a metal forming technology. Copper plate if properly prepared is a smooth archival oil painting surface that s been used by artists for hundreds of years with stunning results.

The drawings are intended to show the relationships of the materials. Copper materials are shown in copper color all other building materials are shown in black. Use a pencil to draw a design on your copper. Deep drawing is put a metal sheet or stainless steel plate on the mold through place force it will deform the sheet metal material homogeneous.

Press the design into the metal with the capped end of a pen as if you were drawing on paper. Use a size appropriate to the size of wall hanging you want to make. Steels copper alloys and aluminium alloys are common materials that are drawn. Cold drawn cross sections are more precise and have a better surface finish than hot extruded parts.

I purchase my copper plates from a printmaker s supply company online. The thicknesses that basic copper carries are 1 mil copper foil 1 4 mil copper foil 3 mil 5 mil 36 gauge 8 mil 32 gauge 10 mil 30 gauge. The drawings are presented in two colors. Place a piece of copper on a flat surface.

Metal embossing tools or a stylus may be used as well for similar effect even a craft stick presses the metal down enough to create a design. Most punching and blanking technology through drawn or press let the material deformation to get what we wanted dimensions.