How to make a brass bird cage dress in twenty-five easy steps

Step 11 Hammering brassy bits

I purchased a ton of brass rivets, thinking that I would rivet as much of the dress as possible. That was a mistake on my part, though, because after bending all of those pieces, it was impossible to wrangle them on or around the anvil to hammer appropriately.

I ended up using brass hardware (machine screws and acorn cap nuts) in all the spots I couldn't hammer. Just a good thing to note: riveting large, unruly things doesn't work. Some of the random positions I tried were pretty funny - a third arm would have been really helpful. If anyone has a suggestion as to how to pound rivets into unruly objects, I'd love to know.

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