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Adding More Colors To Metal Jewelry
This is fairly fascinating for somebody that hasn’t heard of methodologies in adding more colors to their metals and has just been doing beaded jewely making. Essentially, there are three common materials that can be bonded, glued, or dripped onto metals to add more colors.
The first one is epoxy ; this is a low-tech material that you can use in your work. This is a cheap medium which will produce countless results. Resin and hardener are the two parts of the epoxy mix. It’s just a matter of time for it to cure and become a tough, sturdy, super glossy plastic substance that could be drilled, glued and sanded, when they are mixed. This is the same as fifty coats of varnish and dries to a mirror finish. Here’s where the color comes in, use acrylic paint, gouache, jelly powder, makeup powder, or anything more that you can think about.
Try playing with epoxy on some of your jewelry designs. You can try layering, drip it into etched or stamped depressions on sterling or copper sheets, and pour it into bezels ; you can try dipping things into it too. Vital reminder, you must suspend any dipped work while waiting for it to cure. Epoxy is glue ; you do not want to glue it to anything. Epoxy cures fast, epoxies that are available in hardware store typically comes in 5 and ten minute varieties, and others are fast too, so be sure of your working time, only mix up as much as you may use in the 5 or ten minutes. Don’t mix it with anything you ever wish to use again, or simply mix them up on a piece of scrap paper with a stick. And, don’t breathe or touch epoxy with your bare skin before it cures. Epoxy can be hazardous to your health, always consider proper precautions in working with this type of chemical. Two-part epoxy is available from the ironmongers in tiny 2-sided syringes, and you’ll also find it in massive two bottle kits from craft and hobby providers.
The second material you can use to add colors to your metal is polymer clay. Polymer clay comes in a variety of colors. This is created from PVC ( polyvinyl chloride ) and goes under varied brand names, like Fimo bead making, Sculpey, and Friendly Clay. When using metal and polymer clay, to make polymer clay jewelry, cut metal sheet parts to make mosaics, and then fill the pieces of sterling tubes with clay. You can try messing with liquid clays and colored powders that are available on the market. However, polymer clay is created subtley different when it comes to quality from each manufacturer. So when using it, particularly when baking it’s critical to first read the instructions. You also need to condition the polymer clay before using it. Exercise conditioning by kneading the clay with your hands, or running it through a dedicated blender just make efforts to use dedicated tools.
The third material you can use is the enamel. Enameling isn’t like the two materials we’ve discussed earlier. Enameling uses powdered glass or glass granules, and a torch and kiln. These are all required in making glass beads. Everyone knows that glass beads can be very colorful, so you can add this to put more colors in your metalwork.
In this process, the glass is liquified in thin layers onto a metal form, frequently on copper. The layers of softened glass are often vibrant and do not fade or chip under normal conditions, but bending metal may cause cracks in enamel. Explore enameling with the utilization of powdered glass from enameling suppliers and a butane torch. Enameling providers also sell copper blanks and also try enameling sterling silver etchings and stamping. In working with these materials for these methodologies, always be careful. Read and understand first all the instructions and cares to avoid accidents.
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