Posts tagged with 'patina'

  • When Looking Old is Good

    POSTED BY LESLIE TODD, NOVEMBER 06 2007 08:00 AM | PERMALINK

    Aging metal or giving it that spcial patina can really make a piece of jewelry pop.

     

    Metal Craft Discovery Workshop: Create Unique Jewelry, Art Dolls, Collage Art, Keepsakes and More! by Linda & Opie O’Brien of Burnt Offerings Studio is a wonderful how-to and project book using metal sheet and found objects to create metal and mixed media art. One of the best parts of the book is the section on aging metal. Liver of sulfur and coloring with a torch are covered, but my favorite recipes are the...

  • Low Tech Silver Patina

    POSTED BY LESLIE TODD, OCTOBER 15 2007 08:00 AM | PERMALINK

    Want to blacken or patina some silver but don’t have Silver Black or Liver of Sulfur? Don’t want to use hazardous materials? There’s a simple way to get the job done.

    I used a very overdone boiled egg to put the patina on this piece.

     

     

    It's easy. Boil the egg several minutes too long. You want lots of that green stuff that forms around the yolk when it’s over cooked. The green stuff is sulfur and it causes silver to darken.

    Peel the egg, remove the yolk and crumble it into a plastic baggy. I was in...