Electroforming - Making of the silver ring «Mrkos» discloses one of my weird workflows to achieve these nerdy jewelry pieces from outer space. Hope you can pick up some inspiration for your own electroforming game.
0:00:00 - Intro
0:00:12 - 3D printed design covered by conductive paint on a jig
0:00:17 - hooking up the jig to my diy RotaJig rotation system
0:00:26 - preparing the copper tank
0:00:31 - tossing the piece into the copper electroforming solution
0:00:43 - electroforming in copper solution
0:00:54 - preparing the silver tank
0:01:07 - short rinse in demineralized water
0:01:09 - tossing the piece into the silver electroforming solution
0:01:16 - electroforming in silver solution
0:01:26 - inspecting the dull silver piece after electroforming
0:01:31 - drying the piece with papertowels
0:01:36 - cutting off the jig
0:01:42 - polishing the dull piece to a sparkling shinyness
0:01:56 - prepping rough gemstones
0:02:02 - setting rough gemstones with uv glue
0:02:44 - weathering the ring with green metal wax
0:02:56 - wiping off excess metal wax
0:03:05 - weathering the ring with brown metal wax
0:03:15 - removing excess metal wax with steel brush
0:03:24 - final result
0:04:03 - outro
Links:
Rota Jig - Free DIY Guide to build your own Rotation-System for Electroforming Objects.
drive.google.com/file/d/15Nfk...
You’ll need access to a 3D printer and some very basic maker-skills.
Eheim Mini Flat - The Small Fishtank Filterpump that fits in your Electroforming Tank
eheim.com/en_GB/spare-parts/r...
Tifoo Electroforming Products
www.tifoo.de/en-uk
No affiliation whatsoever - we just use and love their hustle-free products. Unfortunately they don’t ship outside Europe because of hazard restrictions for chemical Products
Xenoarchaeology - Jewelry from Outer Space
www.xenoarch.com
/ xeno_arch
We free our jewelry from secret compartments in abandoned ruins on forbidden planets far from our solar system. Protected by dangerous mechanisms or unsolvable puzzles that long extinct races have devised to prevent their treasures from falling into the wrong hands.
We dig up old maps, search for artifacts, translate inscriptions on rare relics and put all these clues together to track down those secret places that contain magical treasures. Heirlooms from great emperors, jewelery from queens from entire planetary empires, decorations from great women warriors who have conquered entire solar systems.
Well. Sort of. At least we imagine such wild stories when we create the designs for our jewelry. We want our pieces to radiate a mysterious story and look as if they were thousands of years old and out of this world.
In fact, we create our designs by 3D scanning odd shapes or strange organic objects. We add detail and features to these models through digital sculpting on the computer. The design is then 3D printed and electroformed with a heavy layer of copper. If the design calls for it, we electroform another layer of silver over the copper. We use all kinds of gemstones and other peculiar materials to finish the piece. Finally we have several weathering routines to make the piece look like it is old and not from this planet. This spaced-out jewelry workflow ensures pieces that are guaranteed to be unique and one of a kind.
6 авг 2024
