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Narco Martenot
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 Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 7:16 am Post subject: Copper heart-shaped box |
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This is a copper heart-shaped box that I made for my girlfriend.
I made it out of 16 oz roofing copper, and applied a patina to the entire box, in which the lid turned out very strangely; which I love.
An art deco pearl ring from 1925 was intended to go inside of it, but I ended up losing it by a penny on eBay, and I could not find a suitable replacement, so I just decided to give her the box as is.
There are a few more photos here. |
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BobArsecake
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| Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 12:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Very nifty! Love that colour. |
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Mityushikha
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| Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 12:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Very nice, I like the somewhat unpredictable nature of patina. Have you done a lot of work with copper is it a more recent thing? |
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Narco Martenot
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| Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 1:50 pm Post subject: |
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| I've done a fair share of work with copper, especially this year; almost every project I have done involved copper in some way. |
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stewart
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| Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 1:58 pm Post subject: |
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the patina is called verdigris (for those not in the know) which is a lovely word, don't you think?
it used to form the basis for green pigments in oil paintings in them olden days.
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Narco Martenot
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| Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 2:01 pm Post subject: |
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I keep some of it in a powder form around.
I usually let a piece of copper sit around with a solution on it to form a thick, powdery patina, and then sand it off, and keep the powder to sprinkle on things. |
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Gavin
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| Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 5:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Very nice. How did you put it together? Brazing? |
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DGNR8
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| Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 12:33 am Post subject: |
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How cool is that? Working with metal seems awesome.
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Diva
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| Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 5:06 am Post subject: |
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that's beautiful.  i love the patina on it.
i would like to see another one, but a little more raw looking.
well done.  |
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gaybear
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| Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 6:19 am Post subject: |
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A+ work.
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Liz
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| Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 7:32 pm Post subject: |
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That's absolutely lovely. The patina really gives it character.
Very charming.
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