Managed to get more work done on the Mermaid of Zennor box today.

I had already made the tin panels for the lid and have attached them with metal rivetts to the metal strapping. Next I need to clean up the tin a bit to see what its going to look like, the dark colour around each seahorse and the mermaids face is just some black ink that I used while working on the tin so I could see the tool marks.




 
As you can see the metal is starting to clean up using a sander then a wet/dry sanding sponge and then a polisher mop on the orbital. So Im now working out what style of handles to make for the sides, Im thinking of a shell design perhaps in copper which should work well against the polished metal.