Hello Dear all, Please excuse me for asking questions about things I
unfortunately know very little about. However, two things have been
puzzling me and I cannot find the answers myself.
First, and most importantly, but here I have to admit my almost
complete ignorance (and there is not much about bronze in the
archives either), I feel attracted towards bronze and would like to
work with it, using centrifugal casting. Could someone please explain
a couple of essentials to me about casting bronze? This subject is
not covered (or only very slighlty) in any of the books I have. Is it
feasible without great trouble to solder bronze to Sterling silver
(using a Little Torch)? Which sort of solder should be used? And,
finally, could someone recommend a manufacturer of bronze to me?
Second, I saw a Sterling Silver brooch today (at a jeweler’s shop in
Pittsburgh). The brooch was finished with a moderately shiny blue
patina which looked very attractive to me. The blue itself made me
think of lapis, but it was not as dark. Does someone has any idea
about which patina had been used here? According to me - but I might
be wrong - it was not liver of sulphur, as I do not see how it is
possible to get a shiny blue with liver (I couldn’t ask the jeweler,
since he was busy with other customers and I had to run). Thank you,
I appreciate this group enormously. With very best regards, Will
Denayer (@W_Denayer).