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Thanks James...I'm not a metalsmith...I think the FB group is more for jewellers.

Thanks for this. Yes, these are copper, not clay.

In a class I attended we were told that firing 'cleaned' the copper before putting anything on ...?

Daft question - what's pickle?

Thanks for your reply. It is a sculpture/installation and the copper leaves will be attached to it....?

Sorry, I don't know what you mean about clay...? These blanks were just fired...direct into the kiln, no additional anything.

Hi Caroline,
Thanks so much for your reply. Here are some photos which I hope will illustrate the problem:

The first is the copper templates unfired, bought from Cooksons9762

The second is...

I am sculptor/installation artist starting a project making multiple pieces of fired copper. I bought a mini-kiln and my first batch of copper 'leaves' (bought from Cookson's) have turned out very...

Hi from Kent. I'm not a jeweller but a sculptor/installation artist. Have discovered enamelling and am planning a project. Just bought a mini-kiln and my first batch of copper 'leaves' (bought from...