{"id":738,"date":"2024-11-04T13:08:18","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T13:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/littleduckforge.co.uk\/wp\/?p=738"},"modified":"2026-01-15T13:26:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T13:26:22","slug":"copper-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/littleduckforge.co.uk\/wp\/2024\/11\/04\/copper-course\/","title":{"rendered":"Copper Course"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/littleduckforge.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/LeafSculptureBare-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/littleduckforge.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/LeafSculptureBare-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/littleduckforge.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/LeafSculptureBare-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/littleduckforge.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/LeafSculptureBare-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/littleduckforge.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/LeafSculptureBare-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/littleduckforge.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/LeafSculptureBare-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/littleduckforge.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/LeafSculptureBare-1980x2640.jpg 1980w, https:\/\/littleduckforge.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/LeafSculptureBare-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Discover the joy of working with copper whilst producing creative items using a range of techniques from traditional hollowing and planishing to fold forming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Copper Bashing for Beginners is a skills based 1-day course introducing&nbsp;students to the basic operations for working with copper through a couple&nbsp;of projects (copper dish with a silver soldered ring as a base&nbsp;and samples of fold forming techniques). 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