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This is a copper heart-shaped box that I made for my girlfriend.

I made it out of 16 oz roofing copper, and applied a patina to the entire box, in which the lid turned out very strangely; which I love.

An art deco pearl ring from 1925 was intended to go inside of it, but I ended up losing it by a penny on eBay, and I could not find a suitable replacement, so I just decided to give her the box as is.







There are a few more photos here.

Very nifty! Love that colour.

Very nice, I like the somewhat unpredictable nature of patina. Have you done a lot of work with copper is it a more recent thing?

I've done a fair share of work with copper, especially this year; almost every project I have done involved copper in some way.

the patina is called verdigris (for those not in the know) which is a lovely word, don't you think?

it used to form the basis for green pigments in oil paintings in them olden days.

I keep some of it in a powder form around.

I usually let a piece of copper sit around with a solution on it to form a thick, powdery patina, and then sand it off, and keep the powder to sprinkle on things.

Very nice. How did you put it together? Brazing?

How cool is that? Working with metal seems awesome.

that's beautiful. i love the patina on it.

i would like to see another one, but a little more raw looking.

well done.

A+ work.

That's absolutely lovely. The patina really gives it character.
Very charming.