Green Glass Has It!

So for the next project in my enamel class I learned how to create a clear type of sheen and how layering the color created different textures.

Here you will see the golden glaze they call it flux and it looks like clear gold glass. Then I added white solid enamel.

Last step was adding the green over it all.

Matisse used flux as seen in this butterfly brooch

Last but not least here a picture of me no not wearing any jewelry but with a nice new hair trim which is alwas a nice thing to have.

Of course even better would be to have my hair this color. It reminds me if Nick Rhodes back in the day. How fun. Perhaps for burning man I liven it up some.

Happy June = Summer Vacation

Today is the start of June. Usually a very busy month for me. More enamel classes. A friend visiting, getting braces, going to the swap meet for hopefully more hidden treasures to take home and a refreshing new hair cut. Yes I will post pictures. With that said I'm taking a small vacation.

If given a chance I'll date a few posts so. I will soon have two more enamel projects completed.

Enameling

So I have started my enameling class and love it. I was a bit ambitious for my very first project but I learned allot. 
Below is images of my first piece. You'll see the original copper piece. We were learning how to layer solid colors. The front is a dark teal blue , the back is speckled and last you have my final design. I got carried away and finished it before I realized I needed to take pictures.

As you know I like Renoir Matisse copper enameled jewelry. Here is another type of enameled piece from Vintage Trifari. notice the metal edge around it, allot of enamel jewelry has that edge to help protect the enamel from chipping.

What I'm Wearing Wednesday

It's a bit gloomy here weather wise so I thought to sparkle things up a bit.

I don't know if this pin is vintage as there is no markings and I bought it at a thrift store. But I like it.

What I'm Wearing Wednesday

Pools of Light.

Another necklace of my Grandmothers I only wear this in spring or summer when it's sunny. These are crystal orbs wrapped with sterling silver. How can you tell real from fake. Here's an interesting fact for you.

You Just need a newspaper… and an orb of quartz…

Set the orb on the paper… get out your reading glasses if you are as old as I am and look at the print… Real Quartz will make the type appear up side down. Glass fails miserably as well as drilled quartz .. The Real thing is not drilled and not glass….

Now I'm not sure why drilled wouldn't appear upside down maybe because it not a true circle??? I'm not about to drill one of these puppies to find out though. :)