[Jewelry making - Article 00418] - Re: [Orchid] Copper salt and carbon based glue

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Svanhildur,

    Copper salts include copper hydroxide and copper carbonate and may
    be found in ceramic supply stores.as finely ground pigment...for use
    in making ceramic glazes. If you cannot find these, you can actually
    grind up malachite into a fine powder. A solution of copper sulfate
    will also work...the important element is copper in some form. 

    For an organic glue, you can use fish glue, hide glue, agar agar,
    gum tragacanth....the legendary Elisabeth Treskow of Germany used
    saliva...I guess it provided just enough organic material and had a
    glue-like consistency. The secret is in not only in the combination
    of ingredients, it is in the control of heating the piece to be
    granulated. Experiment and you will discover. 

Elizabeth McDevitt
Colorado Springs

 
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