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Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Mixed Metals

A couple weeks ago I attended a "silver clay" class.  Basically its clay that has micro fragments of silver embedded in it.  You can shape and form the clay into any piece of jewelry you want (including beveled stones) and once you are done, you BLAST it with a creme brulee torch, the clay burns off, the silver fragments fuse and become a solid piece of silver jewelry.

Anyway here is my manicure for that day...















I alternated OPI "Lucerne-tinely Look Marvelous", 2 coats and OPI "Glitzerland" 3 coats.















Now I did not like the class, the instructor gave us 2 hours of instruction , but only gave us 20 minutes to create a piece...yeah this WAS NOT kosher for me...LOL. But I did manage to walk away with a pretty individual piece :)















After it was done, we added "liver sulfur" to antique the piece and give the patterns dimension.















Neat technique, huh? Have you ever taken a class like this?

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6 comments:

  1. SteffieMarch 9, 2011 at 8:40 AM

    Ooh those polishes are pretty. And may I say that piece you made is quite beautiful. I love the kind of stripy pattern on the back.

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  2. Johanna (Paillette)March 9, 2011 at 9:14 AM

    Cool mani!!

    Really cool art!!

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  3. MichelleMarch 9, 2011 at 9:32 AM

    I've been starting to research silver clay lately. I think I will sign up for a class.

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  4. UnknownMarch 9, 2011 at 9:49 AM

    Sounds like an interesting class. I love your piece. Are you going to make necklace?

    Your mani fits your jewelry piece...Lovely :)

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  5. jbrobeckMarch 9, 2011 at 10:54 AM

    Cool concept! I have never heard of making jewelery this way! I like those two colors together on your nails. ;o)

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  6. BibaMarch 9, 2011 at 11:13 AM

    Wow! I love the piece of jewelry you made.

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