First a coping saw and pump drill were used to cut out the fish and some details.
Fish after using a peen hammer to create scale-like texture on the surface.
Creating the hooks of the "fish hooks".
Reverse action tweezers were used to hold the fish and the over door piece/hooks together while silver soldering.
Fish hook after the pieces were all soldered together.
Detail shot of the beautiful patina variations that occur from the heat of the flame. The eyes and mouth were also silver soldered on.
In the end I decided to keep the color varaition for the scales, and used pickle solution to polish the head, tails, and fins- also engraving texture on the fins and tail.
