This week, I received an email from them telling me... MY PROPOSAL WAS ACCEPTED.
What will I present? The title is: Myths, Legends, and a Process for Creating a Copper (I) Oxide Patina
I am now blocking out my time to not only run my experiments and take pictures, but to write the paper and assemble the PowerPoint presentation, my author bio and travel reservations.
To that end, yesterday I began gathering my notes for the myths and legends part. Today I putting together my schedule and designing the experiments in a new lab notebook.
For your enjoyment, here is picture, again, of a piece I made with the patina