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while back I posted my progress on two bowls. The first one got finished in
week 6 of this self-challenge. And today, the second one is done.
In the time between January 8 and now, I decided to do something with the interior and finally settled on etching in a text. This is intended to be an enigmatic object, so I won't be revealing the nature of the text. LSMW-2017-EA-003 is a
Bowl of Unknown Use With Interior Text. It was found in a non-grave context in one of the mounds excavated by the
Elsewhen Antiquities project.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8YChL_FO9Go_W6C3cOE8mJCzmtzcTVtHCen5yfVErmBTicBoLO_Qrj_3Fpuqe46Gw2yFOs9zSyjtjwEqOaLS2-MbpxCfK3PAG9N2ggEUR5hXwCiSdlsiC02IYyok7TwqUzcaaMrWGt9E/s400/blog-20170212_122733.jpg) |
Exterior patina is ferric nitrate with a little cupric nitrate. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLCk6sd6FFmc98288ai_z1_8SdZhs7gJNJn3HoSdUlil9x9iDj0zLUIX7AnK8JjEIekMJjKirop9NUFu4U1GDdWaS8QYLhGRv9OYaJsBED_Mspvox1RxqZJbN-Nuw30qIU2-Sj2VjjG-w/s400/blog-20170212_122444.jpg) |
Liver of Sulfur patina on the inside. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWUrhvqlZAA7vet0rMh0uZUi0T5lAU98_D3-uNFc0nKZv_4U6yrcS_S6a9_OVvqztRBFIL6WqG42OGrqa90yarFLgeQJGCH0crQlGmm_cgu_B_geRJK2kVKdejA3LhkB0pKH9L6CZQT94/s400/blog-20170212_215956.jpg) |
Some of the text. Any guesses what it says? |
You will be driving archeologist, a thousand years from now, crazy!😄
ReplyDeleteThis bowl turned out fabulous!... what was your etching mordant and resist, ask this inquiring mind.😄
Edinburgh etch (3 parts ferric chloride, 1 part citric acid); resist was Stabilo OH Universal pen, fine tip. Magic marker for the edge and plastic shopping bag glued onto the outside. Since it's a bowl I just poured the mordant into it. 40 minutes etching time.
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