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Patina

In the Studio it's all about Patina at the moment.
I have been playing around with it for a while, but I never been completely satisfied with the results until finally I got the above result.
It's a brass ring, pieced and forged and then patinated and polished.

Here is how to:

• Clean piece from all fats and oils
• Dip into diluted Nitric acid (H2O: HNO3 - 2:1) for a few minutes
  
• Rinse with water
• Put in a airtight plastic container with a cotton ball that has been soaked with Ammonia -leave overnight or at least a few hours
• Remove carefully and let it dry for 48hours or more if need - putting it in the sun (if you can find any) does speed and help the process
• Seal with beeswax

I am pleased with this result but I am still enjoying my discovery journey of patinas. There are still many different processes to sass out. So hopefully more good results but definitely a few more failures on the way.

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