March Challenge

Lynne, does the copper still turn your skin green even if you spray it with a varnish? It used to happen to me until I sprayed all my copper jewellery with Tableau varnish spray.
Lisa x

Lisa that's a good tip I wil have to get some of that for my maille bracelet I wear.

lislarch wrote:Lynne, does the copper still turn your skin green even if you spray it with a varnish? It used to happen to me until I sprayed all my copper jewellery with Tableau varnish spray.
Lisa x

Lisa, I have only ever coated the back of a ring and a pendant with clear nail varnish, works well on the pendant but wears off quickly on the ring.

Spraying a varnish sounds good so will have a look down this way for that particular brand being as its been tried and tested. I know my OH has some clear car spray lacquer (sp?) in his shed - not sure I fancy that against my skin though.

I usually just put Renaissance wax on my copper and brass but my cousin has a problem with the greenness, so I used the spray on laquer made by Tableau and it worked so far. I think there's others you can get but that one is the one I've used. You just need to make sure you spray it from the distance it says on the can or you can get tiny bubbles on the surface of the jewellery. I usually do a couple of coats with drying time in between.
Lisa x

I have been struggling to get some time to make anything with the children off sick, but I finally managed to get something made yesterday so here we are.


Bunch of Flowers by CornishDragon, on Flickr

Aw they're so adorable Cornish, don't know how you manage those tiny little flowers.
Lisa x

Wow - particularly like the top two. As Lisa says - how do you work so small.

Woosh Cornish there're wonderful, V. Clever that Woman.

They'd look lovely on a necklace. Great beads Vic.

Thank you, I used a very fine encased stringer for the smaller flowers.

Here's my entry, it's a flower ring I made from brass sheet and wire. I put purple enamel powder and alcohol ink in the centre and glued some gold pearls on.


0001 by heartlisa, on Flickr

Lisa x

Great ring Lisa, the enameling gives it another dimension. I like it very much.

Was the brass hard to work?

They are so pretty Cornish, specially the purple one. I am such a purple person.
nan

Nice ring Lisa. That enamel and ink is very effective in the centre.
nan

Thanks Nan

Lisa that is so lovely.

Thanks guys!
Found the brass I bit sticky with the saw compared to copper but it just takes a bit of getting used to. The biggest problem I've found with brass is when I solder it sometimes I'm overheating it and some copper appears on the surface of the brass.
Lisa x

Ooo, I like this thread! They're all really pretty.

Lisa, I do that all the time with brass and gilding metal. Not sure if it's inevitable or if I'm being heavy handed.

Hehe Lesley, I wondered what it was at first and then realised that brass being an alloy has probably got copper in it D'oh!
Lisa x

That is just brilliant, Lisa. Great colours and so unusual.

Thanks Pru!
Lisa x

That's a brilliant design Lisa. Lovely flower and I love the splash of purple.

Hiya


Here is my entry (hoping it is not too late).... Some of the first flowers I made....



Bxx

Wow Bea, that looks like a real flower inside the glass!
Lisa x

Thank you Lisa. :-) I love your ring, it's quite detailed.

That's is a really nice bead Bea, love it.