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The Napoleone’s have chosen a hand sculpted Tuna with 23karat gold leaf fin details.

The pieces to create the tuna are rough cut from annealed copper sheet then finely hand cut to the exact shape.

Details are chased into the outside of the sheet then puffed out from the inside by the time honored repousse method of metalworking.

Soldering the two completed halves of the tuna together.

Creating and attaching the fins.

It’s coming together nicely.

23 karat gold leaf ‘Yellow Fins’.

The completed Yellowfin Tuna Weathervane.