sanitation@lemmy.today to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 10 days agoThe Statue of Liberty before it became the iconic green we know todaylemmy.todayimagemessage-square36linkfedilinkarrow-up1153arrow-down13
arrow-up1150arrow-down1imageThe Statue of Liberty before it became the iconic green we know todaylemmy.todaysanitation@lemmy.today to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 10 days agomessage-square36linkfedilink
minus-squareprettybunnys@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 days agobecause it didn’t need it. Which was part of the calculus in choosing the material. He chose not to lacquer it because it didn’t need it. The army corp of engineers later looked into lacquering it and similarly decided “it doesn’t need it” The sculptor petitioned them to plate it in gold cuz he didnt expect it to go full on green, but he KNEW it would patina and didn’t require it
because it didn’t need it. Which was part of the calculus in choosing the material.
He chose not to lacquer it because it didn’t need it.
The army corp of engineers later looked into lacquering it and similarly decided “it doesn’t need it”
The sculptor petitioned them to plate it in gold cuz he didnt expect it to go full on green, but he KNEW it would patina and didn’t require it
Did the author never saw oxidised copper or smth?