Punched Disks

Figure 1- Nkabinde, M., (2018). Silver and Brass disks.

This was the first exploration I did for my b-tech, punched and drilled silver and brass disks. Since I wanted to work with patterns, colours and texture from isishweshwe fabric, I thought of how I could transfer patterns from the fabric into metal. Then I came up with an idea to use punching and drilling as a technique to use for this exploration. I started off by using a thick plate for the disks and I would use a divider to mark where to drill and punch. The first disk didn't work out because I was still trying to figure out how to space the holes evenly and trying to get familiar with the punching technique.

In disk two and three I decided to use different sized drill bits and I also made my plate slightly bigger to allow the pattern to spread out evenly. I made the fourth disk just to see how different metals react to punching and drilling.