First challenge

While working with platinum there are changes that will take place. My first challenge took place yesterday, as I was rolling my metal I knew when the plate thickness got to 1mm I had to cut off some metal to make wire but unfortunately, my plate didn't get as long as I had hoped (Fig.1). I cut some off and tried to draw it but it wasn't getting as long as I needed. My two options to correct this is to either melt/fuse my scraps to make wire or I could also use spring steel wire that we usually use for brooches, which I am actually going to use I'm not sure yet.

Figure 1 - Bowes, K., (2020). 1mm thick plate and enamel.