Comments on: Bottle of oil and blue glass http://rourkevisualart.com/wordpress/2006/09/29/bottle-of-oil-and-blue-glass/ Making and Thinking About Visual Art Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:18:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David http://rourkevisualart.com/wordpress/2006/09/29/bottle-of-oil-and-blue-glass/comment-page-1/#comment-67 David Sun, 01 Oct 2006 06:16:00 +0000 http://rourkevisualart.com/wordpress/?p=98#comment-67 <p>Historically, oil on copper was primed with white lead, but I didn't do that (you can see the unpainted copper in the photo). All I did was sand the surface to give it a bit of tooth, then clean with denatured alcohol to get rid of any grease. Since the copper is pretty thin (I'd guess 20 gauge) I glued it to 1/4 inch hardboard. It's just a piece of copper, intended for patching copper gutters, from Home Depot. I'm looking into sources for larger copper plates; so far, kind of expensive.</p> <p>Ben Shamback (http://www.benjaminshamback.com/) does a lot of painting on copper, aluminum and steel. I believe there's an article on his work in the November issue of American Artist.</p> Historically, oil on copper was primed with white lead, but I didn’t do that (you can see the unpainted copper in the photo). All I did was sand the surface to give it a bit of tooth, then clean with denatured alcohol to get rid of any grease. Since the copper is pretty thin (I’d guess 20 gauge) I glued it to 1/4 inch hardboard. It’s just a piece of copper, intended for patching copper gutters, from Home Depot. I’m looking into sources for larger copper plates; so far, kind of expensive.

Ben Shamback (http://www.benjaminshamback.com/) does a lot of painting on copper, aluminum and steel. I believe there’s an article on his work in the November issue of American Artist.

]]> By: Jeff Hayes http://rourkevisualart.com/wordpress/2006/09/29/bottle-of-oil-and-blue-glass/comment-page-1/#comment-66 Jeff Hayes Sat, 30 Sep 2006 21:57:00 +0000 http://rourkevisualart.com/wordpress/?p=98#comment-66 <p>I want to try this. If I remember correctly, you didn't have to do any preparation beyond an abrasion of the surface, right? I imagine you just got the panels at Lowes/HomeDepot/SomethingLikeThat?</p> I want to try this. If I remember correctly, you didn’t have to do any preparation beyond an abrasion of the surface, right? I imagine you just got the panels at Lowes/HomeDepot/SomethingLikeThat?

]]> By: painterdog http://rourkevisualart.com/wordpress/2006/09/29/bottle-of-oil-and-blue-glass/comment-page-1/#comment-65 painterdog Sat, 30 Sep 2006 20:18:00 +0000 http://rourkevisualart.com/wordpress/?p=98#comment-65 <p>did you prime the copper?</p> did you prime the copper?

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