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Copper/brass rings
Intro Method Material Preparation For this experiment I’m using copper and brass. Previously I used copper and nickel, but those laminates cracked because nickel has challenging working properties – low ductility, a high annealing temperature, and poor compatibility with borax flux and safety pickle. I used scissors to cut 12 pieces of copper and 11…
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Nickel/Copper patterned billet attempt 2
Summary Pictures Spoiler alert: cracks! Intro The aim of this experiment is to make a ring from nickel/copper mosaic patterned bar. This will be a proof of concept, before moving onto more expensive metals in the future. In previous experiments (Continuing the Nickel/Copper patterned billet) I achieved complex cross sectional patterns in a nickel/copper billet, but…
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Continuing the Nickel/Copper patterned billet
Summary pictures Intro It’s time to continue to work on the nickel/copper patterned billet that I started in this post: First attempt at mosaic patterned nickel/copper Previously I made a billet with alternating nickel/copper layers, with “S” and “C” cross sectional patterns. These are fundamental building blocks for mosaic pattered billets. The aim of today’s experiment…
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Press for printing and paper-making
As a Christmas gift for my partner, I wanted to get a press for paper making, lino printing, and general arts and crafts. I could not find any cast iron presses on eBay that were both cheap and near my city, so I decided to make one, as I had some leftover timber from building…
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First attempt at mosaic patterned nickel/copper
I’ve been interested in mosaic welded steel for a long time after watching so many Alec Steele and Will Stelter videos. The possibilities with these patterns are endless, and I have always wanted to try this technique. Multimaterial patterned crafts exist in many forms: Damascus steel, mokume gane, nerikomi ceramics, stick rock, reticello/merletto glass, and…