what is she building?

A colouring setup. The blue container contains household ammonia and the piece – which is raised on a small clear container to ensure even coverage of the patina – was sprayed with a salt water solution before it was carefully inserted into the bag. The glass container at the end is just to keep the bag from touching the object.

And what is the object? It started like this…

It has been altered since then, and the colouring started. Within a few minutes it was already changing hue, and looked like this;