CuForming

    In the late summer, I was wandering through the woods and I noticed that one species of tree was starting to lose its leaves. For me, that was an interesting thing. The fascinating thing was that those leaves were heart shaped. That gave me a reason to collect some and bring them home to make something out of them. A month ago, I finally decided to create this set of jewels. I saw these small carnelian and blue agate cabochons and instantly thought they can be good together.   Here all the material I've used for this project: Poplar leaves Cabochons Copper wires of different diameters Toothpicks CA Glue Silver paint marker UV Resin Acetone Pickling solution Conductive Paint E6000 Glue Relief paint Electroforming Solution Liver of Sulfur Baking Soda Distilled Water Jewelry hardware and all the tools: Nippers UV lamp Ball peen hammer Rubber hammer DIY texturing hammer Anvil File V Slot bench Gas Torch Heatproof surface Round nose pliers Flat nose pliers Scissors Cloth...

    Here we are! The first step to start Electroforming is to set up our laboratory with all the equipment we need. All the tools and material can be adapted depending on your necessity. If it's a business or you just wanna make your own jewelry and have fun, you need to scale all the equipment to your needs. The tank is the protagonist of this first post because inside the tank are gonna take place all the electrochemical processes, that will lead us to the creation of our objects.   Here all the tools and material I'm using to set up the tank : Tank. Can be any plastic or glass beaker (do not use any kind of metal). An adjustable power supply . Two wires with alligator clips . Magnetic stirrer . Magnetic stir bars . One or more copper pieces for the anode pole. Any kind of pure copper is gonna be good, such as plumbing pipes , electrical wire , electrical grounding bars etc. Anode bag for filtering your anodes. A copper rod for the cathode pole. Or a wooden shaft for ...