11/23/2025
You know what verdigris really is? Copper having a slow-motion conversation with the atmosphere that takes decades.
CuΒ²βΊ ions + HβO + COβ β CuCOβΒ·Cu(OH)β
Thatβs the formula for βI was always going to become turquoise.β
Itβs not corruption. Itβs completion. Copper completing a circuit it started the moment it was forged.
Every patina is a time signature written in chemistry.