Home Sweet Home...

Hi Everybody!

I can't believe I'm finally typing this-Show number 007 is here!  Back to reality: aka China, Grow Pendant: stamping text into metal, liver of sulfur patina, what's behind the cover-Hip to Bead and more, but ya gotta listen to find out... Send me an email if you are an author that would like your jewelry book featured on the show.  Happy making and relaxing this weekend!  :-) Candie

Send comments and Q's to candieATcandiecooperDOTcom and thanks to all of you that write!  Mucho appreciated!

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Pod-Safe Music from the Podsafe Music Network:

China Town-Maestross

Stuck in the Middle-Geoff Smith

Paddelin' My Canoe-The Manatee Man

Pod-Class:  Stamping Text into Metal and Liver of Sulfur Patina

The following is the bare bones of this process.  The podcast has the full scoop.

Supply List:

• Alphabet Punch Set
• Steel surface plate
• Plastic or Rawhide mallet
• liver of sulfur chunks
• tweezers or gloves
• brass brush
• pumice
• dish soap

Part 1-Supplies

If you have the bench pin that I do (seen in using a jeweler's saw tutorial), the steel surface with it will work fine for supporting your metal too.

Examples of the different sizes of punches.

Place your piece on the steel surface and with the letter in the correct position (not upside down-been there, done that)  strike down on the punch with the mallet. 

Part 2-Supplies

The small can with the tweezers on top is filled with the LOS chunks.  Keep all water drips away from your can of LOS, one drop can ruin the whole can and that's a real bummer!

Make sure your piece is free of dirt and oil or else the patina won't take to the surface. Clean it with dish soap and a tooth brush. Dip the piece into the solution or leave it to obtain black.  Note the chalky black appearance at this stage.

Wet your thumb and then dip it into pumice powder.  Rub the pumice on the surface to remove the patina leaving the LOS in the recessed areas.  Rinse when finished.

Wet the brush and add a drop of dish soap.

Burnish the patina with the brass brush.  Remember when I mentioned the chalky black surface?  If left like this, the patina will eventually flake off and bare metal  will be exposed.

I added some small dots around the square with a center punch for fun.

Behind the cover: Hip to Bead by Katie Hacker

www.hiptobead.com

Have the book and want to Bead-A-Long?  I did!

http://hiptobead.blogspot.com

Check out http://theanticraft.com for great stuff like the Henry the VIII's wedding gift necklace pattern.

Enjoy!

Comments

[cat*e]

hey!!
i'm a really picky podcast listener.. but i must say i adore yours! i found it on accident through some other craft pods and it's my favorite. :) i really love jewelery crafting and you have a great conversational tone and cute stories. ;) keep it up!

xoxo

[maestross]

thanks that you use my music