To make this ring with Lapis Lazuli a little bit special, I round up the ends of the loop with a torch. The flame and gravity take part in this easy project that every beginner can do. I'm also gonna show a few more advises about stone preservation and power supply settings. Tools and material for this project: Copper wire 2.5 mm Lapis Lazuli Stone Pickling solution CA glue Conductive Paint Liquid Latex Distilled water Liver of Sulfur Bleach Zapon Nippers Steel Mandrel Propane torch Tweezers Rubber Hammer Rotary Tool Diamond cutting wheel My DIY Water dropper Brushes Wooden stick Cloth pins The entire electroforming equipment Plastic containers Polishing pads for metal Rotary split mandrel  Starting by cutting a piece of copper wire a little longer than the length I need. Then I bent it to a horse shoes shape and set it on a copper pipe with the ends pointing downward.  With my torch, I heat the ends to melt them until two drops of liquid copper can be se...

   Here we are finally with the recipe for the electroforming solution. Few simple ingredients that can be easily found at your local stores or on the internet and few simple steps to prepare the most important component of electroforming. Inside this liquid happen all the chemical and electrical reactions that lead us to our amazing objects. Please be careful of how you handle these ingredients, some of them can be dangerous.   We need 4 ingredients: 4 liters of Distilled water (1 gallon) 907gr of Copper Sulfate (32 ounces) 32 ml of Sulfuric Acid at 37% concentration 10 ml of Midas Brightener and some tool: Plastic cup or any other plastic or glass container Funnel a Graduated plastic or glass container a steel pot or a 5 liters glass beaker coffee filters or professional lab filters paper The first thing I'm gonna do is to dissolve the Copper Sulfate in the Distilled Water. To accelerate the process, I warm the water up a little. Then I pour the two ingredients in to...

  For Valentine's Day, there wasn't a better plant to use for a project than Smilax Aspera. It's a perennial, evergreen climber with thorns, and it's also a poisonous plant. It can be easily recognized by its heart shaped leaves. Smilax was a nymph from Greek mythology. She was in love with the young Croco, but the gods opposed their love. Croco committed suicide and Smilax was transformed into a creeper. She still shows her love with these beautiful heart shaped leaves.   All the material and tools I've used for this project are: Smilax Aspera leaf Rose Quartz Crystals 2.5 mm copper wire (10awg) UV Resin Toothpicks Conductive Paint Electroforming Solution Distilled Water Liver of Sulfur Copper Sulfate Bleach Jewelry chain Jump-rings Lobster clasp Scissors Super fine sharpie Precision cutter UV Lamp Brushes Electroforming equipment plastic containers  With a super fine sharpie I marked the outline for the gemstones and I made the holes with a precision cutter. Then...