egg bottle

I want to make an egg for the instillation, chocolate tart, that I've started.  Above is a copper trial.  It is going to work!  I couldn't cut off the top of this one and turn it into an egg because its form is quite lovely.  This is about a centimetre off from closing and, in silver, the metal I have chosen for the egg, it will not be that difficult to finish.
This was raised using silversmithing techniques and then drawn in using a blacksmiths fuller.  To use a fuller the object is put into the closest curved end to the anvil and the top of the fuller is hammered placing force on the metal object which is turned slowly as the fuller is hammered.  This action shrinks the diameter of the object.

 

The copper pot split early on and I had to change my technique.  I was drawing the whole end down after fullering and this caused unnecessary stress on the end.  It seemed wiser to leave the end and concentrate on the fuller.