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07 December 2019 Submerging electroformed plastic drawing in copper sulphate solution - to crop crystals at strategic points 2. Suspending my electroformed plastic drawing over salt vinegar solution, introducing wood sticks with wound copper sheets between the copper and salt solution for absorption and deposition of crystals near surface of copper drawing.. 3. Hollow Brass… Continue reading Potential Applications: combining materials and forms
08 December 2019 BISMUTH: At the RCA Fete, I was intriguied by Sara Chyan's holographic Bismuth jewellery, which was based on the concepts of melting and crystallization, and further oxidation of bismuth metal, the processes giving it geometric shapes and holographic colours respectively. This video helped me visualize the process in detail. I think that… Continue reading Crystal Precedents: other materials, properties and narratives
28 November 2019 After the crit, I learnt how to rivet with 1 mm copper and 1.5 mm brass wires. (Thanks Alkesh!) Basic process: Flatten out metal sheets with a mallet and heavy weights after cutting to shapeDrill out just a little bigger dia holes than the dia of the wire into metal sheet (i… Continue reading Riveting
26 November 2019 Electroplating Impatient to start plating with copper, but without graphite paint to coat my plastic drawings, I started to coat some metal objects through my makeshift electroplating/electroforming setup. Objects coated with copper Observations: Tin bucket had low adhesion, but Dipped long enough gave a rough rust-like copper coatWire mesh took longer to… Continue reading Electroforming
05 November 2019 On my visit home during the break week, I found a brass cuff that I had cut and hammered from a thick brass sheet, a couple of years ago. With an easy access to ammonia (thanks to my pathologist mom), I went about trying to create a patina on the brass. (I… Continue reading Patinas: A series of (smelly) experiments with Brass and Copper
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