One aspect I love about working with metal is the surprises that can be part of the process. Today it was all about the metal colours that popped as a result of applying heat or washing the pickled leaves in water containing iron from the rusty fire pit basin. Any way first the colours of the metal.
©2016 Barry Smith - Fire colour on copper |
©2016 Barry Smith - Natural patina and colour before annealing |
©2016 Barry Smith - Copper colour after pickling and washing in water from the rusty iron pit pit |
©2016 Barry Smith - Copper colour after pickling and washing in water from the rusty iron pit pit |
©2016 Barry Smith - Folded copper blanks for leaves - coloured after pickling and washing in water from the rusty iron pit |
©2016 Barry Smith - Copper coloured after pickling and washing in water from the rusty iron pit pit |
©2016 Barry Smith - Copper offcuts from leaf forms |
©2016 Barry Smith - Copper folded leaf forms (about 25mm wide and 200mm long) |
©2016 Barry Smith - Hammered leaf forms (about 25mm wide and 200mm long) |
©2016 Barry Smith - Six leaf forms - unfolded, ground and polished |
©2016 Barry Smith - Six leaf forms - unfolded, ground, polished and patina solution applied |
©2016 Barry Smith - Bit of a poor shot - but it gives one the idea of how this set of type draws is going to be a bit unusual - space for seven more trays!!!!! |
i like this kind of weekend, too. the metal colors are so beautiful.
ReplyDeleteHi V - thanks for dropping in and leaving a comment. As you say some weekends are meant to be an amalgam of bits. B
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