Wednesday, March 28, 2012


Twyst's design.

Materials: Brass, PnP Blue, Ferric Chloride, salt water used as patina. 
Tools: Laser Printer, Laminating machine, Iron, Small paint brush

I learned the following with this etch. The roller that works with straight laser printer print doesn't work at all with the PnP Blue. 5 trips through the laminating machine then high pressure rub down with the iron gives the best results.

Look for the resist to turn a deep black to indicate that it's been transferred to the brass. A milky blue tells me that the resist hasn't transferred.

Salt water + warm AZ sun gives a very nice natural patina. I bet heating the piece up with out additional patina would turn out really good.

Rachel loves this design. Going to have to make a few more of this pattern for her.


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