Day One was about getting used to the basics. We started out sawing and drilling copper - mine ended up being a little plaque that will hang outside someday and go a lovely verdigris. Yes, the design is made up of those random swirls I doodle all the time, teased outwards to create nice curves.
We played with some effects: if you put metal sheet through the Squodging Machine with some netting or material, the resulting textures are lovely. I did a little triptych which took on a lovely effect after going through the Squodginator with some plastic netting. (The idea is that it will be threaded with copper wire and will hang from some worn, textured little old branch).
And we tried our hands at soldering: this ring was a rectangle of copper Squodged with plain muslin cloth.
Day Two was going to be all about silver. I was trying to figure out what to do, and it happened to be a full moon... which made me think of a pair of moonstone earrings that I never wear...
Apparently, it's called Upcycling :-)
I made a ring and a pendant: cutting out silver circles and hammering them into cup shapes with little wave edges; making teeny settings for the moonstones and soldering on.
It was an easygoing learning environment with great teachers and lovely company. And sparkley results - boy, when that ring catches the light, it's a little glow-ball!
Delightful :-)
4 comments:
C'est magnifique! Beautiful vision, beautifully done. A summation.
Thanks!
Hadn't quite appreciated the extent of the upcycling. Pretty amazing Orlaith. I hope it brings you great joy!
Thank you :-)
The earrings were little rainbow moonstone studs: I reclaimed the stones to use. The silver 'bowls' were sawn out from sheet metal and hammered into shape.
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