Getting playful and experimental after the academic rigour of the PhD. First photograph as the artefacts came out of the electrolytic cell. They all had a total of 36 hours of electrolysis. The medallions are 5.5 x 8 cm. and 5.0 x 8 cm. and the buddha head 13 x 8 cm. The larger off […]
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Saline sulphate and electro-etching with Don Braisby 1/2 June 2017 10:00-16:00 This workshop will teach two etching processes that can be used to etch at home or in a classroom situation, these are saline sulphate and electro-etching. Both processes have been described as being ‘safe etching’ however in this workshop we will focus on their
Saline Sulphate & Electro- Etching Workshop Regional Print Centre Wrexham Read More »
Completed table top sculpture (59cm x 16cm). References Jasper Johns Light Bulb series. The apple and pear are floating on a copper base that is an electrotype copy of a piece of rusted iron that I have been saving for making another object in the same series.
Temptation and Fall Read More »
An old lump of concrete that looks like it has spent many years in the sea was found on Abergele beach. Its colours and texture make it a natural fit with this electroformed pear. Although the starting place for the research was focused on electro-etching for printmaking the use of electrolysis in making sculptural 3D objects
The electro forming of sculpture has a number of advantages over the lost wax process, the major one being that the sculptor can do it in a home studio. This piece is 30 cm. high. The whole process took less than twenty four hours.
Electrometallurgy sculpture easier and cheaper to do at home than lost wax. Read More »
