Metal etching tutorial

Remember I said there would be a catch when it came to this freebie tutorial? Here it is – If you are not already a subscriber of my blog, now’s the time to take the plunge! I ask that you su…

Copper etching gives your jewelry pieces a whole new look with a different finish. Now, it’s so much easier to do thanks to this great post from the blog Copperheart Designs. With just a …

Lots of pictures and lots of info in this one! I'm on another Facebook group called Aspiring Metalsmiths. I don't know about anyone else bu...

Remember I said there would be a catch when it came to this freebie tutorial? Here it is – If you are not already a subscriber of my blog, now’s the time to take the plunge! I ask that you su…

Hi all Kristin Hubick from Retrocafeart has asked me to do a tutorial for you all on how I etch metal after she saw my etched metal suitcase necklace from my previous post made using her small brass suitcases from her shop. Those of you who etch metal and adore doing so as I do, would know its very hard to actually etch a 3D object like a working small brass suitcase as the item being etched is floated on the etchant surface not sitting on the bottom of the tray covered in solution... so how…

With so many requests I figured it was about time I shared with you how I etch my metal with rubber stamps. Grab a cup of tea or coffe...

Metal Etching - How to Make a Man's Visiting Card: Making a visiting card. If we don’t go into details and speak in an easy way etching is transfer of images from paper to metal. Etching is: -chemical -electrolysis In this article I’ll tell you about electrolysis as more interesting faster and s…

When I set out to learn to work with imagery on metal, I found a wealth of online resources out there - blog posts and articles and tutorials and videos, some of better quality and usefulness than others. Everyone had their own favored methods, materials and techniques for various things. One of the most varied processes was getting an image transferred to metal, to act as a resist to an etching acid, therefor creating a 3-dimensional design on the metal. This process is used in jewelry…

Stop Using Ferric Chloride Etchant! (A Better Etching Solution.): Ferric chloride is a traditional home-use circuit board etchant. It's easy enough to come by, and the Ferric by itself is no big environmental problem. However, once you've etched a board with it, you're left with a solution with a bunch of coppe…

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