Alcohol Ink Fail

These were my 5th piece for the Art Deco exhibition. They were sterling silver earrings with alcohol ink and then coated in a varnish to prevent the ink from coming off the piece, so I spent yesterday spaying on several coated of the varnish to make sure that the ink wouldn't come off but then I was a little silly yesterday because I put the pieces on newspaper and the varnish stuck to it. 

So I started again today and thought I was being very clever when I did it on plastic but on my second to last coat of the varnish a piece got stuck to the plastic and ripped of a piece of the ink. So...I will not be exhibiting these.

Enamel Fail

I tried to do a pair of enameled earrings but I think my metal wad too thin and because of the gaps in the earring it made it a very weak surface to enamel on and when the metal moved to enamel came off. I will have to use a slightly thicker metal next time.

Art Deco Pendant

This is the pendant I made from the earring which was too heavy. I think this piece turned out very well considering that it was originally meant to be an earring.

The resins ombre technique was effective but if I had to do this again I would not have put the resin in the chased lines because they were very shallow so some of the resin was removed in the sanding process.

Sunshine Earrings

I used different colours in each gap of these earrings slowly going from red to yellow. I decided not to use a backing because of the weight issue I had earlier but the problem was when I applied pressure to the resin in popped out easily.  So in my next pair I will bur a little ridge in them for the resin to sit in.

Art Deco Earrings with Alcohol Ink

I am very excited to create a finished piece with my alcohol ink because I played around with it before earlier in my Btech but never used it for any completed pieces.

Alcohol Ink

Red alcohol Ink on my Africa shapes. I love the red colour.

My alcohol ink

Paper vs Metal

While looking through Pinterest i discovered a alcohol ink which people use for crafts to create colour on non porous items like glass and metal. I am really keen to try it out.

Colouring Metal

I have been wondering how people colour their metal with bright colours. I discovered alcohol ink on Pinterest and you use it to colour nonporous surfaces.

http://www.fusionbeads.com/Coloring-Metal-With-Alcohol-Inks

 

Red flux

When i was soldering my filigree to make sure sure sure it was all completely set in place the flux turned this beautiful reddish colour. I really like the effect it has given. Maybe for another project i can do enamel like this.

 

 

Hydrangea Brooch

Sterling silver and aluminum printed with maps by Lynn Kelly
Avid Gallery 

Ingeborg Vandamme

I found this picture on Pinterest. 

I was drawn to it immediately. The first reasoned why it caught my eye was because in the platinum project there was a category called Adventure Tourist and this would have worked perfectly. 

It would be such an awesome way to move forward with my Africa's and be able to still incorporate colour.

http://montserratlacomba.blogspot.com.au/2008/07/ingeborg-vandamme.html

Natural Blackening

Pierced Pastel Lace Earrings

 

Mallory Weston

I love the colour in these earrings. According to Pinterest she uses spray paint to achieve these colours. I really want to try this soon.