Hyraulic Pressed Beads

So... it's been a while. Life gets in the way sometimes of things that you'd rather be doing. But then again, if it didn't get in the way, wouldn't life be really boring?
Here's the 1st metal project of the semester. We learned how to use a hand cranked hydraulic press to punch out forms in sheet metal. We first made a form we liked and cut it out of acrylic. The most annoying little job I've done since casting. Then after pressing and annealing and pressing and annealing... you get the point. I came out with good results. We had to make 3 "beads" (art school, everything is relative) with the same initial mold and alter them. Here's mine, and they are pretty cool. Also, I think I finally figured out soldering.