Mary

I was thinking that heating it up might help... We've only lost about 1in, so there's probalby enough to make rings still. It's a question of being able to ever make rings given the material we have. It's possible that heating it up once might make it lose some of it's stiffness (it would go back to a more random state), and make it easier to work with. I doubt we want to melt it... besides, the melting point is 1947.52 °F, according to the first google hit. Hardly stovetop temperatures. The question is can we heat it hot enough so that it will not break and Mary can still work with it. I expect there is some temperature. I expect it might help a bunch to heat it in the oven and then cool it, which may very well reduce the hardness.