Comments on: Grungy Inspired Re-Purposed Necklace

By: teri Griffith

teri Griffith — Tue, 28 Apr 2015 23:01:08 +0000

Pauline, I love the Steampunk movement. The jewelry, sculptures and the clothes are so inventive. I need to take a class to move to the next level of creative combinations. Thanks for the encouragement.

Teri

By: teri Griffith

teri Griffith — Tue, 28 Apr 2015 22:57:51 +0000

Rena has wonderful step by step tutorials, salt/ vinegar and ammonia dips both links listed below. I also made the embossed copper sheets link listed as well.

My mistake was thinking I could achieve more green/blue patina by leaving them to soak in vinegar/ salt for a few days. After the ammonia soak, I washed them, dried them an hour or so them used a wire wheel attachment for a Dremel tool but only removed a criss-cross section of the patina. So, I have green/blue/dark areas and copper color all on each disc. Hope this helps, I made a big mess but I wouldn’t give up on my squished copper discs!

http://jewelrymakingjournal.com/embossing-copper-sheets/
http://jewelrymakingjournal.com/vinegar-and-salt-patina/
http://jewelrymakingjournal.com/easy-patina-finishes-for-copper-and-brass/

By: Pauline

Pauline — Tue, 28 Apr 2015 21:31:40 +0000

Your design wouldn’t take much ‘tweaking’ to be a Steampunk design. I love it! 😀

By: Rae Ann Bayless

Rae Ann Bayless — Tue, 28 Apr 2015 20:51:46 +0000

Teri,
Just trying to understand the patina process used here. Are you saying that you first used vinegar and salt follow by ammonia and salt and didn’t like the outcome? Or is this just a vinegar and salt patina, hence the color blue green color? Also, when you said “A follow up with a visit to my wire wheel might fix everything,” what is a wire wheel?

By: Colleen

Colleen — Tue, 28 Apr 2015 12:53:27 +0000

This looks great! Love, love, love working with copper. Next step for me, learning to patina it.

By: Teri Griffith

Teri Griffith — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 01:49:52 +0000

Hello Rena, Grunge is a fun way to go with junk as jewels. My son-in-law is a keeper for sure, he just gave me his old Dremel!!!!!

Thanks for your encouragement, I have my first jewelry show this weekend. It will be great to see what people respond to in person.

Teri

By: Rena Klingenberg

Rena Klingenberg — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 00:47:19 +0000

I agree with Lynda – awesome raw materials, and gorgeously grungy finished results! Your son-in-law sounds like a keeper. 🙂 I enjoyed hearing about your journey through making these pieces. And I love the vintage brass claim tag as a pendant! Thanks so much for sharing these with us, Teri! You have a talent for grunge.

By: Teri Griffith

Teri Griffith — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 14:22:40 +0000

My son is now on the lookout for junk so it’s a family business, thanks for the compliment.

Teri

By: Lynda

Lynda — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 23:19:27 +0000

Awesomely cool copper components! What a journey you’re on…