Hi, all.
My name is Ako Shirotani and I joined the list about a couple of
weeks ago. Finding this forum was the most exciting thing since I
entered the internet world! I graduated Fashion Institute of
Technology in NY 10 years ago and now I work out of home in
Japan.
Recently I’ve been working with copper a lot and I’m trying to
get this really intense red by heating and then quenching it. So
far I had the most success by heating the piece face down on a
charcoal block with a big reducing flame and throwing it in warm
water saturated with borax while it’s still red. This works well
when the piece is about 0.5mm thick, but I haven’t had much
success with bigger, thicker pieces. Also, anything soldered on
the piece will not stay on.
Please, could anyone help me?
Ako Shirotani