 Also, with foldforming, the metal sheets used take advantage of the flexibility of the material, reducing the chance of cracks and wear.Many of the shapes and forms that come out of foldforming resemble many things seen in nature, and utilizes laws of nature in the creation process.The most common shapes created using foldforming are flowers, leaves or horns of a ram, as these require the repeated process of folding, annealing, unfolding, and hammering of sheet metal that foldforming also involves.