Peter Kellett
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Anodized Art is an electro chemical process where a sheet of aluminum is anodized in a bath of water with a small percentage of sulfuric acid, which has a current applied. The anodizing process forms an aluminum oxide coating with millions of pores per square inch, which then can absorb dyes. Think of it as an aluminum panel that can now react like a piece of paper and absorb color, but which is much more versatile and durable. Colors are applied in many different ways. All traditional artist techniques work - brush, water colors dyes, oil color dyes, air brush, wet colored cloth, and many more - some inherent only to anodizing. After coloring, the panel is sealed in a nickel acetate bath at 180 degrees to stop fading. Once sealed, no more color can be added. The clear coating is 1/1,000 of an inch thick.
With over 28 years experience in this field, Peter Kellet is widely recognized as the person responsible for developing it into the art form it is today.
He has been featured on the cover of Metal Finishing Magazine three times.
