Making a Bronze Skull - Advanced Repousse Technique - No Casting

#blacksmith #blacksmithing #sculpture #skull In this video, I hammer out a skull from a sheet of silicon bronze. Mankind has always had a morbid fascination with the human skull. From a technological standpoint, it certainly is an interesting structure. The technique I am using is called repousse, however, this is usually done in low relief. I am doing it in very high relief here. Consequentially, I start by raising a deep bulge and rough shape over stakes before I finally add pitch as a backer and create