


Verdigris stick, anyone? I also somehow managed to get a pretty verdigris using just water in my electroforming experiments (as shown here more on that below). They'll also give you that effect on other materials that you can paint with Swellegant colorants to look like copper first. I suppose I still am! The fastest and easiest way I've found to achieve perfect verdigris patina on copper is with Swellegant patinas. I was in love with the idea that such a pretty, almost unnatural-looking bright blue-green could "grow" on metal like that. Maybe I just thought of it as tarnish or something like that, when I was younger. Verdigris has caught my eye since before I knew what it was. Here are the most common solutions for creating patinas on copper and alternative metals like brass, along with some unusual household recipes for achieving them. Of all the alternative metals, copper is definitely my favorite. Oh, the things you can do to copper! Many folks love the warm hue of the metal as it is (me included), but it's also the metal master of disguise in the gorgeous patinas it so easily takes on.
