[sudoroom] Ferro Fluids? (sorry bad link)

[Jehan Tremback]

Wow, imagine making a batch with a 44 lb bag, using a gigantic
electromagnet, and creating the hugest ferrofluid sculpture known to man.
Might be messy if the power cut out though.

-Jehan

On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 9:12 AM, Anca | Tech Liminal
<anca at techliminal.com>wrote:

> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> Patrik
>
> PS: Doesn't quite classify as a ferro"fluid", but check out the video
> about this guy's work:
>
> http://jolanvanderwiel.nl/?p=272
>
>
>
> 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
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>> *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.
>>
>> http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-your-own-ferrofluid-in-5-minutes/
>>
>> A nicer example:
>>
>>
>> https://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#!/photo.php?fbid=503571739658618&set=a.133255743356888.23929.115384328477363&type=1&theater
>>
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