23 April 2012

Today's Walk Captured in Silver




All year round plant parts can be found and used to create special jewellery pieces.

I was in experimental mood today and with just a few tools to work my favorite medium, precious metal clay, I made a bracelet with unique links.

After rolling out the clay to 1mm I placed tiny leaves and seed pods onto it. One more go with the roller over the parts gave me interesting impressions and with a round cutter hovering over them I decided which areas I wanted as my circles.

Under my desk lamp they dried very quickly so I could remove the sharp edge with a foam-backed sand paper before firing them.

The holes can be drilled at that stage but I decided to use a hole punch after the firing.

With a brush I applied a solution of liver of sulphur to the fired and polished pieces which turns black and gives that wonderful 3D effect.

Oval jump rings and a clasp complete the "Nature Walk" bracelet which will become a sample piece for my classes. It will show how favorite plants can be used to also make beautiful pendants and earrings.

4 comments:

  1. That's a goregeous bracelet. It's brilliant when creativity (aka your experiment) turns out so fab :-)

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  2. That is so beautiful! Thank you for explaining your process, it is so interesting to see it appearing step by step!

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  3. Just lovely Ingrid, the creative process is interesting, Mother Nature sure provides a lot of inspiration, cheers Marie

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