Patina jewelry

Free jewelry tutorials, plus a friendly community sharing creative ideas for making and selling jewelry.

Copper and Upcycled Rubber Earrings with hypoallergenic stainless steel hooks. Light to wear. Hand crafted with naturally developed patina. Unique handmade earrings, created from hand beaten copper in my studio on the outskirts of Brisbane, these pieces reflect the enigmatic layers that enfold our life stories and the strength forged though those experiences we never imaged, but shape our lives so intrinsically. WIth the sublime patina of naturally aged copper, these pieces are able to be…

Free jewelry tutorials, plus a friendly community sharing creative ideas for making and selling jewelry.

I've been promising a tutorial and I've finally finished it~ This Sapphire Patina is just so beautiful and it's something all of you can try at home with terrific results! Here's the project: Sapphire Starry Night Earrings Tutorial Items you'll need: 2 Brass Rectangle Charms 1.5mm hole punch (if no holes in brass charms) fine steel wool or scotchbrite (outside scrubby of sponge will work) Spray bottle of water Coarse salt Ammonia - household Plastic container with lid 2 small round flat…

Hello everyone! Yesterday I made a post about how to apply an ammonia patina to copper. In that post I mentioned a borax patina that can be done quickly and easily, so I decided to write up this little how-to :) I love this method because it's fast and easy and produces some lovely colors, like the ones in my Copper Heart Earrings. If you like instant gratification as much as I do, then this technique is for you! Materials and Tools Borax (can be found in the laundry/household cleaners aisle…

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The other day I ran across this formula for creating patina on copper sheets with Miracle-Gro and vinegar and thought it would be worth a try. Hint - it has to be the Miracle-Gro water soluble azalea, camellia and rhododendrons plant food. You can read the directions here from Home Depot. I would use copper sheets from a jewelry supply shop, Ace Hardware or Hobby Lobby - they don't have a coat and you'd like to use thicker .016 copper sheets for most jewelry projects. (Photo credit: Home…

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