Multi-component alloys and metal colouring

Images and videos to support Leverhulme Emeritus Fellowship Application.

Silver vessel with gold chloride colouring 2018

Boxed set of damascening sample pieces, sterling silver and 18ct Gold with copper sulphate colouring 2021

Video demonstrating a frugal use of gold and metal colouring - Damascening (nunome zogan)

Vessel 2021

Damascening with fine gold foil

Metal colouring experiments with e-waste solutions on sterling silver sheet

Exemplar iPhone 6 alloy 2023 -

top and bottom views

e-waste before and after leaching metals with recycled silver vessel with gold foil from e-waste

Brooch 2021 - Recycled sterling silver with 24ct gold foil and copper sulphate and salt colouring.

Heart of Gold - e-waste exchanged for a gold coil from an integrated circuit board rolled down into thin gold foil

Mixed copper alloys in a sample piece 2023. Copper 75%, 60% and 40% including fine silver and gold to create shades of grey and purple.

Timelapse video - Droplet of all the metals from e-waste on a piece of sterling silver (redox) 2018

Brooch 2023 Copper alloy (shibuichi - 80% copper 20% silver) with fine silver foil, gold foil and copper foil - Kashima Nunome Zogan