In the Jewelry Swap, I made a necklace for @Rlynn and a pair of earrings for @saintcady
I tried to hit as many points from their questionairres as possible. The earrings are dangly, assymmetrical, contain nuts (the hardware kind), purple and black, and tarnished copper discs that I added after discovering that she too liked aged copper. The necklace is as unshiny as I could manage. I tried to age the silver bits but that did not work. The copper disc is attached to a backing made of recycled bicycle inner tube, sewn with purple beading thread. On the copper disc is a painted cicada which began as a failed engraving. (My wrist was ultimately not ready for engraving.)
A few more pics and then I’ll explain how I aged the copper…
So, I found a tutorial for a “patina” but it didn’t totally work. I soaked the copper discs in a mix of equal parts white vinegar and salt. Then I took them out after half an hour and let them sit for a few days…
I thought I took more pics of this process. The necklace disc went through twice and they initially had a lot of the blue patina but it came off when I waxed them. But it did take away the shiny and add some aging.
Thanks for looking! I had fun figuring out how to make these, even when things didn’t go as I’d hoped.
