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This fella crunching the hourly figure, and you're right 👍

The one I posted was more of a practice piece to get back into the hang of it, this one for free, because she did us a good solid favor, plus I'm pretty sure she'll at least try to share my work and try to get me some more business..

After that, you should do antidisestablishmentarianism.

Thanks 👍

I haven't done this all too many times in life, but I've been bending wire ever since I was 5 years old, but usually much thinner wire for electronics and such. I started occasionally bending names out of paperclips back when I was like 25 or so.

Paperclips are a lot easier, with the right tools at least, for obvious reasons. I only started with coathangers like 5 or 6 years ago during lockdown. It's definitely a more rigid material, and thus far takes me a couple different types of pliers you'd usually find in a garage toolbox.

Currently I'm using a pair of hefty needle nose pliers plus parallel pliers similar to channel locks. If I do start getting some actual business out of the hobby, I'll see what other useful tools I can find at Lowes.

I've asked folks in advance if they want to write out their own name so I can try to follow their pattern, but so far people I've done this for are happy enough with my own writing that they just give me their proper spelling and tell me to just do it my own way.

Good luck to you fellow artist, I'd love to see an example or two of whatever you come up with eventually...

The balance was sort of a last minute idea, totally cold metal work.

Once I was basically done with the overall curve shape, I figured the tip of the T would be the best balance point, but the left side hang a little lower.

So, I ever so slightly compressed the left side and stretched the right side, until it balanced out. Just a little fudging on the kerning, until it balanced where I wanted...

It's very difficult to fully fold the lowercase T in like that, hell I want to as well..

I mean like it's not impossible, but I also think to myself, like if you had to cross the T while you're writing a word, rather than after you're done as conventional, then how would your single solid stroke go?..

Thanks for criticizing my T's actually, I was wondering when someone would...