Thanks This is all copper, both the base and the wire.  I cut the octopus out with a jewlers saw.  The enamel is all old Thompson transparent leaded enamels.  I put down flux first, then the wires, another layer of flux, then wet-packed the colors on

Thanks This is all copper, both the base and the wire.  I cut the octopus out with a jewlers saw.  The enamel is all old Thompson transparent leaded enamels.  I put down flux first, then the wires, another layer of flux, then wet-packed the colors on his body all at once so I could blend them a bit.  Last I put a little bit of red in the suckers.  He slipped on that last firing so he was hanging head down but I kind of liked the spots that created on his forehead so I left him as is.  Someday I'll break out my fancy camera and get a better picture.  He's about somewhere between 4" and 5" from end to end.