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Choose two to four finishes. A finish is always approved on a physical sample of your metal, so ask for samples of the ones you like.

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	Hand-beaten	Cast & relief	Hammered	Mirror
Family	Textured	Cast	Textured	Polished
How it looks	Formed entirely by hand.	Deep three-dimensional panels and medallions cast from a pattern, then hand-finished.	A worked surface of controlled dents that breaks reflection into hundreds of small highlights.	Fully reflective.
Metals	Brass, copper	Brass, bronze, aluminium	Brass, copper, bronze	Stainless steel, brass, copper, bronze
Where it suits	Indoors and outdoors	Indoors and outdoors	Indoors and outdoors	Indoors
Worth knowing	No two panels are the same, and that is the reason to choose it — a sample approves a character and a range, not a match.	A pattern has to be made before anything is cast, so a one-off medallion carries the cost of its tooling.	The dents hold dust and, outside, water.	Shows every fingerprint and every scratch, so it belongs where it will be looked at and not handled.
Looking after it	As for hammered: a soft brush, a damp cloth, nothing abrasive.	A soft brush for the relief, a damp cloth for the face.	A soft brush lifts dust from the dents; a damp cloth for marks.	A soft dry cloth for dust and a damp one for marks — never anything abrasive, which scratches a mirror surface permanently.
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