Hammered Copper Bowls with Stone Tools, with Martha Buche | Viroqua, WI
Viroqua, WI Viroqua, Wisconsin, United StatesUsing the warm, red metal my Bodewadmi (Potawatomi) relatives call “miskwabik” (copper) and basalt hammer stones from the shores of G’chi gamii (Lake Superior), we will hand-forge bowls on wooden stumps. In a process called “sinking”, or hammering on the inside, we will anneal the metal in a wood fire...