Patina jewelry ideas

Untitled

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

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

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…

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…

Blue Patina on Copper: Colour plays a large role in design esthetics. There are many ways to add colour into Jewellery work, applying patinas are one of the simplest methods; requiring very little equipment or in some kinds expense. Copper takes a patina…

Ancient copper can get lovely blue patina, in the right environmental conditions. The Stat...