This video shows details of how select parts were made on the very ornate copper steeple on the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Charleston, SC. Copper Exclusive shows their point of view here through photos and film.

Here are some details of some of the copper components of the tower and cross.

The first of the beautiful copper arch bows is complete!

When we were discussing the “clouds”, the ornamental details on the sides of the upper bow a few posts ago, we mentioned we were not planning to install them until the parts arrived to the cathedral site.  We changed our minds.  It took a day or so of renegotiating the shipping crate design whereas it would have taken many times that amount of time and effort for on-site assembly.  The entire ornamental piece will be safely contained in its new, custom crate.

Please check out our detail project pictures below!  It’s a pretty thing, isn’t it?

Our next project was to create stylized copper crosses and “dots” in various sizes to adorn the insets of the archways on the cathedral tower.  It was a veritable Tic-Tac-Toe in our studio workshop!  (The dots won!)  We made 4 large and 8 small crosses, and 60 dots in four different sizes.

Check out our gallery below to see how these were constructed.  Pay careful attention to the soldered areas to see if you can even see a seam.  Bet you can’t!