JAO Originals - Handcrafted Copper Cookware

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	About JAO Originals
		JAO Originals is the product of a lifetime spent working metal. Originally starting out in aircraft I branched into hand metal spinning and fabrication and found something I loved to do. Hand metal spinning is a dying art with the work becoming more and more automated. At one time there were many fabrication shops in the USA that offered metal spinning services but they have slowly disappeared leaving small shops like me to concentrate on our specific niches. Cookware happens to be my niche.

		Everything comes into the shop as raw material. Copper sheets are sheared into squares before going to the circle shear. The steel sheets go to the laser to be cut into round blanks. Round blanks are what is needed for spinning the material into pots and pans. All of the handles are made by laser cutting the needed shapes before starting the finishing and bending process.

		Every pot and pan must have a form that is mounted on the spinning lathe before the forming process can start. The form is what gives the copper it's final shape. Pure copper has a limit to how far it can be worked before it work hardens. Once hardened, it must be annealed before you can continue. Annealing is a very time consuming process that some companies avoid by using alloyed copper. The alloys allow them to form the piece without annealing. Not at JAO Originals! I use commercially pure C110 copper and anneal as many times as required.

		This is just a small look at what goes on behind the scenes here in my shop. In today's modern world it is getting harder and harder to find quality products that are made to last. Here at JAO Originals, the old ways still live on and a lot of pride goes into every piece I make.
	Please visit my shop on Etsy where all of my current cookware can be purchased!!! JAO Originals Questions??? Email me info@cottonblossomcrafts.com Cotton Blossom Crafts / JAO Originals Warner Robins, Ga 31088 478-293-2891 Please visit me on or on