does it seem that most things we love are either illegal, immoral,
expensive or fattening! the cost of gold and sterling silver is over the
moon and the use of bone and ivory in scrimshaw jewelry is off limits.
what's a person to do! this class will focus on a variety of alternative
processes to achieve that very look by using copper, nickel silver and
plastic to create a tiny wearable etched metal "bone" book. you will torch
fire copper covers to simulate worn vermeil gold and use a wonderfully
inexpensive and readily available pvc plastic material that can be carved,
drilled, sawn, metal stamped, textured and aged to achieve the look of
bone and ivory, we'll etch one nickel silver text page in class to demo
the process and cut down on the disposal of all that etchant solution, but
each student will receive a pre-etched nickel silver panel in their kit,
then we'll rivet it all together using brass nails and finish our wearable
book with beautiful drawn bead jump rings.
Note: students will supply their own chain.
All Levels.