[sudoroom] Ferro Fluids Sudo Project group

[Tracy Jacobs]

Hi All,

Thanks for expressing interest in doing a Ferrofluid experiment  
together.  I'd love to make our project the centerpiece of our Art  
Murmur show.  Art Murmur is in two weeks.  I asked Jake to share his  
experiment during Art Murmur.  He made his in like a day, and it  
turned out really well.  He mixed MICR with cooking oil and put it  
between two slides with a magnetized paper clip.  That was projected  
on a wall for a really interesting painterly effect.  Very small scale  
and inexpensive, too.

So, we need Ferrofluid.   I know Patrick ordered some iron oxide, and  
he has sent us some good links.  There are different methods we can  
try for making the fluid ourselves, because it can be expensive to  
buy.  I want to try a couple different recipes.  Patrick can you get  
back to me with your reccomendations for what we should try and what  
we still need to buy for that?

I am interested in magnetizing a couple of iron sculptures that I made  
a long time ago.  From what I understand this involves wrapping them  
in coated copper wire and charging them.  If you find any interesting  
steel or iron objects, these would be good to play with.

We also need magnets.  Powerful magnets can be taken from old hard  
drives, so if you have any old hard drives bring them.  I will bring  
tools. Or if you have any magnets, bring those.

We should meet up soon.  Could you let me know your availability?   I  
have Weds night, Fri night, or the weekend anytime.

Tracy

www.funkyautomata.com


On Jul 16, 2012, at 12:36 PM, Jehan Tremback wrote:

> 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
>>>
>>> Tracy
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