Pretty in Pink… (ish)

I’ve made similar pieces before but not with this many layers-these are made from Nickel Silver, both plain and etched .  The patina lent a pink tinge to everything, and I just love it- took awhile to figure out where it was coming from, for ages have been blaming my pickle solution-nope, was wrong on that one. And dragonflies-everything is better with a dragonfly or two-

These were custom pieces, all of them came from the same etched piece of metal and won’t be repeated,  but sure gave me some ideas for others…sure wish there were more days in my week-

Crunch time….

The hours are ticking but I still have a bit more shop  (play) time!  Busy getting the last of my Christmas pieces finished, boxed up and delivered.  Here’s what’s keeping me away from the eggnog this week-

All that marathon etching  came in useful, was nice to have lots of already prepared copper and brass on hand to jump start the production!  Can’t seem to get enough of layering and shaping this stuff. Each of these pieces are layered and curved and etched, and textured  and– to top  it all off, dug out my stash of silver and some crystal beads and added “just a bit more”…

 

 

 

 

 

The elves were in high gear today!

What a day-I am sure every piece of equipment in the shop was going full tilt!  The class left with a nice dent in their Christmas shopping list finished-we played with layers of metal, some etching and a lot of texturing.  Tried out a few new texturing tools and ideas, learned how to shape and make the metal do what they wanted it to, a bit of flame, and lots of laughs.  Some great ideas, and very creative and beautiful pieces were the result. I am always so impressed with these folks-and for some, this was their FIRST class–wow.

Lunch was a big hit-thanks to MIchele Romano’s fabulous Italian Zucchini soup and Fergosa Bread recipies..check out her site, everything on it is amazing..and will be trying out more of her creative dishes at our next session- .http://www.micheleromanorecipes.com/dinner-ideas-blog.html