[sudoroom] Ferro Fluids? (sorry bad link)

[Anca | Tech Liminal]

The rust lady said she got all her supplies at Michael's - but that they weren't well-labeled.  Look in the patina isle (yes, there is a patina isle!)

Anca.

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On Jul 12, 2012, at 6:14 PM, Patrik D'haeseleer wrote:

> I got some ferrofluid from Inventables a while back - wasn't too expensive: $13.60 for a fluid ounce. Haven't tried mixing it with any water colors yet though.
> 
> https://www.inventables.com/technologies/magnetic-fluid
> 
> I also noticed that the person teaching the "Create Real Rust" class at Workshop Weekend had a jar of atomized iron powder that I was thinking would probably work fairly well to make ferrofluid. May be worth checking some art stores with a magnet - or just ask that teacher where she got hers.
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> I think the Exploratorium or another similar booth had a nice ferrofluid demo at Maker Faire one or two years ago. Just a big glob of ferrofluid in a glass jar, and some powerful magnets that people could move by turning a wheel.
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> Patrik
> 
> PS: Doesn't quite classify as a ferro"fluid", but check out the video about this guy's work:
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> http://jolanvanderwiel.nl/?p=272
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> On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 5:32 PM, Tracy Jacobs <kinetical at comcast.net> wrote:
> http://www.thecreatorsproject.com/blog/ferrofluids-go-next-level-technicolor-in-fabian-oefners-amazing-images
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> Begin forwarded message:
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>> From: Tracy Jacobs <kinetical at comcast.net>
>> Date: July 12, 2012 5:29:10 PM PDT
>> To: SUDOroom list <sudoroom at lists.hackerspaces.org>
>> Subject: [sudoroom] Ferro Fluids?
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I was wondering if anyone would be interested in doing some experimentation with Ferro fluids as a group project?  If we get nice results we could put them in the box office next Art Murmur.  I've been wanting to try that for a long time, and there are some methods that are free or under ten dollars cheap.
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>> http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-your-own-ferrofluid-in-5-minutes/
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>> A nicer example:
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>> https://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#!/photo.php?fbid=503571739658618&set=a.133255743356888.23929.115384328477363&type=1&theater
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