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Necklaces

 

 

Last year, in 2022, I decided to tackle a few different ways to work with metal.  The choices being: bronze, brass, copper, and sterling silver.  I spent the summer learning how to acid etch designs, antique beads, and put a patina on copper.  I did very little with sterling silver, as metal sheet is expensive, making mistakes costly and the final products extra expensive.  I do make all my own sterling silver ear wires and headpins.

So, I chose to work with copper. Below are the newest necklaces I created, made of copper that has been patinated either blue or blue-green with acid-etched patinated side plaques.  Some beads have been antiqued.  Everything has been sprayed with a permanent sealer (multiple times) to maintain the colors and it’s beauty.

Also included are hair clips or sweater pins made out of copper as well with a colorful patina and fun patterns.

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