I took a straw poll on Etsy forums to help me decide whether or not to oxidize this fine silver pendant. 20 grams of silver clay, so I was a-skeered to mess it up. I got lots of great ideas and tips - did you know you could refire your silver piece to burn off the oxidation if you don't like it? I didn't, until this helpful etsian let me know: http://beadinbythesea.etsy.com/.
Here are before and after shots of the same piece. The most wonderful colors came up when I painted on the liver of sulphur - gold, blue, red, purple; unfortunately, I could not permanently capture them all, although the front does have lots of blue.
3 comments:
What a great side by side comparison of this beautiful PMC piece! I know it seems such a shame to "tarnish" something so shiny and clean but what a difference it makes. It causes the fine details you worked so hard to create jump out and demand to be noticed. Lovely work!
Thanks!
I think the sunflower actually seems to take on another dimension.
Wow, what an amazing transformation -it looks wonderful : )
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