Vicki burningrubber2@yahoo.com
This is my curent favorite. Using amonia to patina copper. I just added a photo to my album. No submersion at all. I got the recipie from the book"Metal Craft Discovery Workshop" by Linda and Opie O'brien. You need 2 plastic containers and a lid for the larger one. fill the small container with some amonia and place it in a larger container. Place an aluminum screen over the top. Sand the copper and wash it in salt water. add more salt whyle it is still wet and place it in the container over the amonia. Place the lid on and let it sit. Then you can check it every so often for the amount of patina you like. It gives the copper a georgous blue color. Do be cautious when you open the lid as the amonia is strong. After your piece is done you can lightly sand some spots to remove some of the patina. They sugest sealing it. I used gel medium. It does change the color slightly.

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fligamapoof@juno.com (E. E.C. deMars)
A friend just showed us how to make paper look like it's copper with a patina or verdigris-using dark green paper, sponge with white pigment ink all over paper, but leave some spaces. Do the same with copper-maybe heavier with this. Lastly, use seaglass (a light green). This is a wonderful look! I'm going to try it with paint as I don't have all of the pads right now, and want to finish these projects I'm working on-watering can boxes Lynda designed that are adorable.