I finally got enough black and white beads made to make this necklace. I decided to use sterling silver in this piece as it just makes black and white look so much better. It’s challenging working with just two colors, along with clear. I really wanted to add another color but resisted as I think these two colors look so striking by themselves.
This one didn’t turn out like I wanted it to. I had to make a change at the last minute because I stupidly scratched the colored pencil part. It’s really sturdy but touching it with a spinning drill bit will cause damage to most anything. So, I had to cover up the scratch. Still, I like it, maybe not as much as I envisioned but I still like it. I also learned not to do the highest most rivet until the end. I had to position the piece in the edge of my steel block to get the rivets done.
Front view
Side view
I’m having a lot of fun making these colored pencil on copper pieces. It’s nice working with sterling silver too. This piece I raised the copper piece off the silver base with crimp beads.
Front view
Side view. It’s still hard to see the piece is raised. It looks crooked in the picture but it really isn’t.
Back view. Probably should do more finishing on it. I like to do a brush finish as it is easier to take care of since sterling silver tarnishes so easily. The challenge in this piece was making sure the tube bail wasn’t going to be in the way of the rivets. I like using tubing for bails. It’s so much easier than having to make the bail from scratch. I have a few more colored pieces already done, just have to do the silver part.
This is something new and I plan to make more. They take a while to make. Lots of steps just to do the colored pencil on copper piece. Then I have to do the silver part and rivet the whole thing together. Still, it’s fun and a way to get some color onto metal. Since this was my first piece, I kept it simple.
Yep, this is the last one. I’m moving on to other things. This one uses some cute pictures and backgrounds with an “inpire” word on one of the tags. I added a little bead dangle at the bottom.
This is one side.
This is the other side.
You know I can’t just make one or two of the same things. So here’s another mica, copper and paper tag pendant with the Japanese stickers. I used two stickers for this one since these pendants don’t have a front and back side.
This is one side. I used an etched copper sheet that has music on it.
This is the other side. I’m still not done with playing with mica but I think on my next one I’m going to do something a little different. Not sure what – yet.
I bought some Japanese image stickers eons ago and decided they would work well in this pendant. I didn’t have to cut the sticker out, making it all that much easier. And I could use it as a template for the other pieces. As most know, I hate measuring and cutting accurately, that’s why most of the things I make are free form.
My bad camera skills account for the washed out pictures. The Japanese sticker isn’t so faded as it looks her. This one side.
This is the other side. I think on my next one I’m going to use two Japanese stickers so one shows from both sides. I was planning on using a jump ring to hold all the pieces and then the pendant would have a definite front and back. But that didn’t work out. I’d have to make a ginormous jump ring in order for all the pieces to lay vertical so I just threaded them onto thin copper ball chain.
My friend was talking about using mica sheet in some project she wants to do so I decided to take mine out and play with it. I was going to make dangle charms but ended up making these tags:
I used etched copper for the front and back covers. I probably should patina the copper so the design shows up more. The other 6 tags are paper covered with mica, then riveted using those scrapbook eyelets or whatever they are called. It’s hard for me to make things the same size as I hate measuring anything so that was the challenge for me in this project.
I got three bracelets made last week. I bought a new belt for my tumbler and it seems to be working better now. I don’t have to tilt it on it’s side to make the barrel turn.
A blue one.
A pink one.
And a green and slate one. Yeah, I know it’s green. Just because I don’t like green doesn’t mean others think the same. Adding the slate made it easier for me.
I found this skeleton key with the bead on it recently. I made the bead on the key a long time ago. I didn’t really like it because the barrel of the key isn’t round so the bead doesn’t turn all the way around. It does move up and down though. I finally decided to do something with it because I really like the bead.
Easy peasy putting it together. Finding all the components was another thing…..
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