In this extreme crafting video, you'll learn how to tool copper sheets into switch plate covers and hand-wrought lanterns. You'll also learn to improvise with whatever you've got in your toolbox to emboss and punch copper, and then use common household ingredients to create beautiful patinas. As always, “Anything I Can Do" host Mag Ruffman makes the mistakes so you don't have to.

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Introduction
01:37 Tools you'll need for tooling copper
01:52 How to get cool finishes on metal
02:52 How to use a stylus
03:23 TIP: Cover the edges of your copper sheet material with copper tape so you don't cut yourself
03:46 How to affix your tooled copper to a plastic switch plate
04:30 Reflection on optimism
04:46 Folding detail on switch plate
06:31 How to work with copper sheet metal - start by 'hemming' the edges
07:47 Reflection on being artistic
08:13 How to create a design strategy for copper tooling
09:28 Tools you'll need to punch metal
11:47 Reflection on having artistic restraint
12:04 How to create a three-dimensional lantern from punched copper
13:51 How to use heat to create patina
15:33 Using household ingredients to create patina
17:47 Final assembly of lantern
18:18 How to create a concrete base for your lantern
19:01 Inspiration from fellow makers
20:22 Reflection on gifts

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