here is my mokume billet (stack) of translucent bronze, gold, green and gray topped with bittersweet chocolate (color, not food)...with layers of "gold" leaf between....
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after the billet is made, you use a variety of tools to press the dark color down into the stack to create patterning.
then you start slicing away- thin, thin sheets of the patterned polymer...
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and this is the bangle that resulted from the layers...it's not quite done yet...i'm going to add some fused silver rings to it...
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we also made polymer bracelets set in brass channels....
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and this atrocity...these bracelets are designed to have a lot of rings, beads etc. dangling from them...that's what all those silver elements are....i believe i will use those silver elements on something that looks a lot less like poop.
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3 comments:
I like the new blog format! I also really like the carving on your poop bracelet! (I haven't even scratched the surface of mine yet.) Hope you had a good long weekend. Miss you!
xoxo
hmmm....the carving looks so amateurish....i started another one with a linoleum cutter, rather than the dockyards...it's slightly better, but i don't think i'll be a professional bracelet-carver when i grow up! miss you too...
xoxo
this format is actually giving me some trouble...i might nor keep it...
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