If I was to make another one, I would antique the wire first. Dipping the entire piece in liver of sulphur made me a little nervous; plus, it's hard to get into some of the nooks and crannies that I wanted to reach with the polishing cloth.
All in all I'm very happy with it.I'll be away for a little while. I'm heading out to San Francisco for work on Wednesday. I'll see you when I get back.
18 comments:
That turned out beautiful! I agree the tarnishing made it pop.
Very beautiful work! I love your attention to detail.
Lovely! The colors are perfect and the wirework is so precise. Can't wait to see it in person!
Wow! Amazing piece of jewelry!
I stumbled upon your blog. This is one of the best wire worked butterflies I've seen. Well done.
Thanks for all the kind comments! :) I see that I forgot to include a link to the original post about this butterfly. Please see it here.
Very, very nice! Wow!
Hope you have a great trip! : )
Wow! Astonishing! :P
It is lovely. And a lot of work I am sure!
It's beautiful..... excuisite..... charming.... fun.... !!!!!!!!!!!
Aawwwwww!!! Makes my mouth water!
I remember in one of your earlier posts where you talked about that class and showed a picture of what was to come. I can't remember when it was, but at that time I was wondering how it would turn out, and all I can say is MAGNIFICENT!!!! Truly an awesome job!
It's gorgeous Christina! Wow..what a piece! I always hear others mention oxidizing after..I wondered about that and whats better to do.
Hmm, you know, Christina, you should be able to add patina by enclosing the piece overnight in a bag with an overcooked boiled egg yolk, too. I don't know if that will affect the other components (since you're still exposing the piece to sulphur) and I've never tried it personally, but it does seem to be a little more conservative way to try to add the patina. Just a thought.
I've tried the egg yolk method on both copper and silver jewelry. The end result can be (and often is) very uneven coloring and different shade of dark each time. It all depends on too much on the temperature, humidity in the bag, the egg and the condensed moisture drops on the jewelry can leave some very noticeable spots on the metal that is hard to polish off.
Wow...this is fantastic!
WHOA! This is quite a beauty! :)
It looks amazing! I admire! greetings! :)
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