Filed under: anodising, Assignments, Tagged Series | Tags: anodising, colours, dyes, spray cans
I did some more anodising in the last few days – I picked some new colours for the spray cans. They are all finished now, but I am not completely happy with the overall colour combination. Here are some pics. 
I am just testing the temp of the dyes before I put the pieces into the dyes. It can not rise above 60 degrees.
This is the pieces during the dying process. You can see how the dye is taking.
During the sealing process – you boil in hot water for an hour.
Filed under: anodising | Tags: aluminium, anodising, metalsmithing, toggles, wire
Tomorrow marks the day that I learn how to anodise. Anodising is the process of colouring aluminium. I am really looking forward to this – Aluminium is a reasonable cheap material to buy and use in metalsmithing, so to have this technique to colour makes it so much more interesting.
So I am to begin colouring my toggles. Today I had to strip the aluminium tubes and the wire that I am using to make the jigs for the objects.
These toggles have been beadblasted, then scotch brited. I am still deciding if I want 4 of these, as they are – utilising the aluminium colour. They look so shiney. I love them.
This is the wire that I will be using to make my jigs in the morning. It had to be stripped also, by putting it in chemicals for a certain amount of time.
More anodising images tomorrow hopefully.. stay tuned.
I thought I’d throw this image in. I really do work hard at uni, can’t you tell?
K.
