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.)

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

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

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08.17.07

studio all set up!!!

Posted in Tools/Equipment at 5:25 pm by Jen

My jeweler’s bench and equipment came today!!! I can’t contain my excitement!!!

My flex shaft came with this awesome little holder that spins for all of my flex shaft tools!!!

And here’s the card table set up with my stuff; the two yellow bins are for my copper and brass:

I still need to get a desk lamp, too, that I can swivel around and stuff, and a few other tools, but I have most everything!! I wonder how long it will stay this nice and clean? lol…

My nephew was also born last night, so this has been a good couple of days for me!!!

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