A rose for my wife

[Lazair]

If I bought my wife flowers she would think I was cheating or did something wrong. So I made her a copper rose . It never needs water and it never withers and dies. This was for our 39th anniversary and I put it in a glass case that lights up every night and it never gets dusty.
she still loves it and me.

 

[thestelster]

If I bought my wife flowers she would think I was cheating or did something wrong. So I made her a copper rose . It never needs water and it never withers and dies. This was for our 39th anniversary and I put it in a glass case that lights up every night and it never gets dusty.
she still loves it and me.

Wow!! Nice. Tell us about it.

 

[Lazair]

Split some 3/4 copper pipe, flattened and drew rose petals and cut out with tin snips.
drilled centre hole and stacked on copper tubing stem. Oh ya forgot to mention chiseled in the petal veins. solder on to the stem and began shaping pedals. Made some leaf’s and stems and soldered together.

 

[thestelster]

That's fantastic! Really beautiful. Well done.

 

[140mower]

Beautiful work, damn, I almost love you too.

 

[Dan Dubeau]

Very nicely done, that looks great. The kids and I made a copper rose for my Wife for Mothers day a few years ago. I used 10awg wire for the stem, but I really like how you used tubing. I have a couple coils in the garage, and the thought never crossed my mind. I want to cut it apart and redo it now .

Great job!

 

[LenVW]

Nice work !!
. . . and even as time passes, the copper will corrode GREEN .

 

[YotaBota]

Nothin to it, a piece of copper pipe, a bit of hammering, a snip here, a bit of solder there, poof, you have a rose!

Seriously, a thing of beauty, very very cool.

I want to cut it apart and redo it now

Make her a new one, sneak it in and see how long it takes her to notice the new one.

 

[wmetfab]

Very nice man, well done.

Now when u in the dog house u can remind her about how much you love her and how hard you worked to make her the gift

 

[Hruul]

Very well done. Looks amazing.

 

[mickeyf]

Very nice!
However, in my case my wife propagate roses and has several hundred varieties. She would much rather have me dig holes, set up irrigation systems, built a greenhouse (current project), haul compost....
If I made her something like that she's wonder who this strange guy was and where her husband went.

 

[trevj]

Met a female professional Blacksmith who made iron roses that looked very much like the real thing indeed.

She would put a drop of rose oil in each of the blossoms she made, since well over half the folks that picked one up, sniffed it. She said the looks on their faces was worth it!