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Wearing my Paper flowers /resin today

need to shorten the twisted nickel silver wire a bit but happy otherwise

need to finish the earrings so I have a set

New Toy -Jewelery Press

I so wanted one but weight and price to Canada not cheap I had my guys at work make me the die holders last year to use in a big 20 ton press I had at home but the press is so large - takes up so much room
this year they took scrap and a 20 ton Jack and made me my own that can sit on a table it's perfect

Paper Flowers - epoxy assembly

using epoxy to glue the pieces together - not sure now I like to fully shiny and wondering if I just glued them all together and sprayed them with a clear lacquer would not just have been easier
The shiny is kinda nice and is sturdy but I will have to try and easier method as well just to be sure I need to go this far

will be making earrings too

some sort of backing will need to be made -maybe a copper wire filigree of some sorts to support the necklace

Resin and Paper flowers - Basement Studio almost open for business !

Yes still working on those resin coated paper flowers to make a necklace (the metal is all done but need leaves to go with them ) they are tuning out nice with a nice shine to them

they should be hardened up enough tonight to start the assembly - I just have to figure out configuration and what I am going to attach it too - possibly a neck wire might be best but I never know till I assemble what I want

My basement studio is getting close to be used - got the tables cleaned up (they have been sitting for years accumulating dust and stuff ) so have them cleaned up enough - have to check the hose going out to the propane tank - make sure the fan is working and I'll be able to sit down and start lampworking this weekend - I brought the niobium stuff in and I think I may leave in this location to work with from now on - its bright and warm downstairs - but there is still a lot of stuff I keep pushing around that needs some spring cleaning

pick up and some vaccuuming are in order tonight - spending an hour down stairs getting garbage out so I can take to the dump on saturday - I hope to have my etching materials downstairs this weekend and started - as I can have it etching while I am either torching or playing with niobium - or upstairs with paper crafts - feeling pretty enthused

Resin assembly for paper and metal

Mixed up some resin and assembled the metal flowers by using it as glue - the coated the paper flowers with the resin to harden them up - may have to put a second coat

Nail Polish to color Metal - Copper Rose Prototype

I took the plain copper rose I made yesterday and colored it with the Sally Hansen Nail Polish

I wasnt fancy blening - next one I will do that with - just wanted to see some fast results

and I love it -

so will be making more and trying different effects

I started some original nail polish samples back in 2011

this link shows the samples

for the color chart on the left side of the blog there is a link as well - note they have not chipped or shown any wear since then

but here are the link for the chart -

It shows you on brass samplings I had -

Copper Flowers - Rose - using Heartfelt stamps and dies

copper rose

After looking at my paper flowers to make a necklace -( I still will be adding epoxy on them today) - I thought why not use my dies on thin copper - having 36g copper around for other projects -

So I stamped 36g copper with staz on using my Heartfelt stamps