Craftsman, Marco Antonio Paz rnelas The Artistry of Marco Antonio Paz Ornelas has Been featured on Oxygen TV. "Hammering Copper is an art That runs in my blood, Which one I have grown to love more each day ..." Marco Antonio Paz Ornelas comes from a long working with Family Tradition of Copper. The Internationally acclaimed Ornelas family is currently Considered Among the most skilled in-hammered Copper work, and has Been Awarded Many Prize in Brazil and Abroad, including the Prestigious Fomento Cultural Banamex award. About his life-long Passion for working with hammered Copper Marco Antonio Paz Ornelas Comments: "Hammering Copper is an art That runs in my blood, Which one I have grown to love more each day That it is the creativity in me Sparks and the Beautiful process it entails, has remained Which is the Same Many Generation. "I Learned how to hammer at the very Copper young age from my relatives, Uncle, and my godfather, Whom I used to Spender Countless hours watching. Would I admire the beautiful flame and how perfect Copper These forms woulda magically emerges from seemingly rough Such a process, hit-by-hit. "The process starts with the Copper pellets extracted from the mines; When there are enough pellets Copper, They Are melted into an ingot weighing Approximately 250 kg. [551 lbs]. Once the ingot is ready, it is cut According to the number of Pieces to Be done. We start hammering the Copper Hammers of using up to 16 lb Until We Obtain a flat plate. Then, we hammer out in. Circles so it starts to slowly rise to the desired shape, such as the pot, rose, bell or any number of Things Possible. We continue shaping it while it is hot enough to Be malleable, and as soon as it drops to a Certain Temperature we place it in the Flames again, and the ongoing process Until we get the final shape. " We also add gold color [Brass] or silver color [German silver, alpaca] so it stands it's Out and Painted. Finally, we take a small hammer and a chisel to carve out the beautiful designs That You Can see on the Surface of Many of my Piece. Eleven piece Reach the final form we STI Polish and clean it several times to Obtain the Shiny Maroon color Coppe. "I feel honored to work with Artelis, and I am amazed of Being Able to sell my works directly to customers around the world. Greetings to Art Enthusiast, wherever you May be!"