02.17.08

Etching!

Posted in In Progress, Tools/Equipment at 9:54 am by Jen

I’m finally venturing back into my jewelry making.  I’ve been having a hard time figuring out how to make things with my limited equipment and technique availability.  I have a few ideas that I’m playing around with.  One is etching!  I did some in college, but not a whole lot.  I went out and bought all of the things I needed to do etching myself and tried it out last night, and am pretty happy with the results!  :-D  Currently my only resist is Sharpie marker, so the etch isn’t very clean, but I think it gives it a neat effect!

(The contrast in the pictures is more dramatic and darker than it actually looks in real life.)

etching-kiss.jpg

etching-ammonite.jpg

One the left in the picture below is another piece that shows how I prepared the piece on the right before etching.

etching-ammonite2.jpg

I think it will be fun to play around with this technique some more!!

2 Comments »

  1. Mandi said,

    February 17, 2008 at 11:38 am

    That’s great Jen!! I love the one with the faces, it’s so sweet! I like seeing how you do it too, it fascinates me :-) You are so full of talent :-D

  2. amy smith said,

    March 13, 2008 at 5:42 am

    so nice..realy i love them..as jewelry

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