About: My name is Brittany and I'm a metalsmith working primarily in copper and moving into silver. Come visit my maker blog to see more electroforming and silversmithing tutorials as well as where to get supplies at…

Trying to repeat a fun texture you accidentally achieved through copper electroforming can be quite frustrating. We don't want to leave it up to our power supply to decide whether we get that cool texture or not. So I'm going to show you a way I've been able to achieve that texture.

I've been playing with these twig rings for a while. I didn't use an actual twig, although that's a viable option, I just wanted to play with bits of metal to make a twig looking ring.

I thought I should turn this into a tutorial showcasing how to get that fun texture you'd normally get in a twig.

Along with this tutorial I wrote a post that talked about the supplies you will need to get started in electrofrming so if you're new to this you should check that out.

For this project I'm using:

18g copper wire

Epoxy

Super glue

Needle file (half round)

Conductive paint

Parallel jaw pliers

Flush cutters

Electroforming Set Up:

Copper electroforming solution

10-amp power supply (3-amp is perfectly suitable)

12g copper wire (anode)

22-24g copper wire (cathode)

For this tutorial I'm making a ring, but you can adapt the technique to make any piece of jewelry.