Second Step:Copper Wire Curving Process.
After rough casting process, the skilled craftsman will need tweezers to curve the copper wires into complicated but complete patterns according to the design. Then these copper wires will be glued onto the copper body temporarily. The special gule is made of various natural Chinese herbs. When the whole copper body is covered with delicate patterns, it has to be soldered by firing so as to fix the copper wire tightly. Comparing with other processes, the copper wire curving step is the most time-taking one during the whole stage.