Copper Harvest Bouquet with Electroform Accents

Class 01:

• Basic electroforming set up
• show items for electroforming
• talk about sealing the pieces: varnish, decoupage, lacquer, copper paint
• talk about pieces: glass, organic, metal, polymer clay, wax
• paints: graphite, metal, mixing your own
• Show demos of painted objects ready to plate
• Demonstrate how to seal items
• Demonstrate how to paint items

Class 02:

• Copperplate our first piece with unit and graphite
• Show plated examples

Class 03:

• How to brighten your piece in case it looks dull
• Full plating discussion
• Cleaning your plated piece

Class 04:

• Highlight any pieces that were plated overnight
• laquer, and paint any new pieces – feathers, glass, jewelry and card projects
• Start electroforming process

Class 05:

• Begin assembly of bouquet centerpiece

Class 06:

• Continue with centerpiece
• Continue with plating and painting pieces

Class 07:

• Finish Center piece

Class 08:

• More plating if questions require it.
• Plating multiples
• Demonstrate other applications: greeting card/feather

Class 09:

• Jewelry applications
• Clean up demonstration
• Bonus Items:
• Materials List

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Curious Mondo: Copper Harvest Bouquet

Time table:
9 hours

Level:
Basic / Intermediate / Advanced

Target market:
Electroformists, metalsmiths, people interested in making copper elements

Main objective:
Learn how to prepare pieces for the electroforming process and follow through to make beautiful copper elements.

Prerequisite:
None