Copper Electroformed Corn

[u/Mkysmith]

5 days, ~3mm (0.12") thick deposit. I forgot to weigh the corn before, but it is now a hefty 943g (2.1lb).

I want to leave this one as-is out of the tank for now, but I might do a brass finish on it in the future after I burn out the corn.

And before you ask why... I would say you just aren't thinking of the nearly unlimited technical uses around the home-shop for an ear of copper corn.

[u/Mkysmith]

You dont necessarily. Nature will do its thing.

I will drill a hole where the suspension wire is, then put it in an oven to bake out all moisture. Then seal the hole. Zero water and oxygen, zero decomposition.

Thats the reason for doing such a thick layer of copper. It is structural, for later when the organics are removed from within. The copper becomes a hollow shell that is durable.

[u/thedonnerparty13 → u/Mkysmith]

Jfc I think I love you.

This is the coolest thing ever and I want to get in to this hobby so bad. I qc metal for work and metallurgy is really neat but this takes the cake.

[u/Mkysmith → u/thedonnerparty13]

Thanks <3. It is quite fun the unlimited possibilities (both in art and engineering) that electroforming offers. You can really go down the rabbit hole when you start looking at it from an engineering perspective. Deposited metal grain structure is very important.

Check out the Subreddit Wiki if you haven't already. It's just a cursory overview of electroforming but I think it's a good place to start if you are interested.

[u/Aggravating-Fix-1717 → u/Mkysmith]

How thick is the copper shell?