Electroforming Quicktip - Differences between Copper and Silver

This is a short Quicktip on the differences and Similarities of Copper and Silver Electroforming. You want to step up from Copper to Silver? Here's how.

0:00:00 - Intro
0:00:11 - Question
0:00:29 - Short Answer
0:00:43 - Disclaimer
0:00:53 - Similarities between Copper and Silver Electroforming
0:01:08 - Differences between Copper and Silver Electroforming
0:01:15 - Difference 1: Eletroforming Solutions
0:01:54 - Difference 2: Eletroforming Anodes
0:02:11 - Difference 3: Rectifier Settings
0:02:46 - Difference 4: 2-Step-Process
0:03:40 - Boom: Silver
0:03:49 - Outro


Links:

Tifoo Electroforming Products
https://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

Rota Jig - Free DIY Guide to build your own Rotation-System for Electroforming Objects.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/15Nfk...
You’ll need access to a 3D printer and some very basic maker-skills.


Xenoarchaeology - Jewelry from Outer Space

https://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.