Oh Sharon!
You know I'm gonna get back to tin again someday....................yet I have found the Aluminum to be almost like memory wire once you've shaped it. They move and flow with the wind and can be pressed down by hand and pop right back into place. Thats the cool thing. They move more like real flowers in some ways.
Heres a beginning challenge to those interested:
"#1. Go cut a strip from an Aluminum can. I will say that the smaller the can the thinner in slight increments is the Aluminum. (like 12 oz. cola cans which are thinner) All cans will work for this test though. Large Arizona Tea Cans or 25-32 oz. beer cans (
) work very well.............................burp..............................just kidding........................sort of........................wobble......................
Back to serious:
#2. Take the same regular scissors and curl that strip like old fashioned Quilled, scrolled ornaments or package ribbon. You very UNLIKELY will get cut. I do this with bare fingers and have not yet been cut from the Aluminum. Tin? You bet I've been cut! Been there and done it. Quill that same single piece of Aluminum strip one way or the other back and forth and when you leave it in a final shape its springy like memory wire. That is a good thing.
#3. Prove these steps to yourself and get comfortable with the medium and we'll get to step #4 together.
