Turning Japanese

Art Beads:
Handmade Paper Beads Japanese Style - PassionForPaperBeads

Other Components:
Copper head pins
Copper heishi beads
Copper jump rings
Matte black seed beads
Handmade oxidized copper earrings hooks


All my best,
Malin de Koning
www.beadingbymalindekoning.blogspot.com

Discovering an Old World Look

I'm just over the moon with my new paper processing technique.  I've been working on this for a while combining my painting process and a similar paper applique process and ended up capturing both in one.  I call it my, "Old World Look",  these are a mix of batik patterns with a crackled finish that has me yearning to make nothing else at the moment.

I prep my copper by cutting, filing, hammering and then oxidizing followed by the paper cut out application, (this is my favorite part because skies the limit when it comes to patterns).

My last step is to apply crackle paste, let it dry and make the cracks more prominent with a dark rub. This affect is crucial to making the paper and copper look old.

As you can see in this bottom pic, I started going nuts when I saw all the different ways I can use the paper. 

I plan on expanding my efforts with different shapes and styles, perhaps necklace and bracelet focal's.

Thanks for your visit, take time and leave a comment if you can and we will see you again in a couple weeks.

Lynn Ferro
My ETSY Shop- Yucca Bloom

Little lamps

In contrast to my last shared pair of earrings, here's a super simple pair.

They're still kinda fun though.  As soon as I saw these paper tube beads (made by Spoon), I couldn't shake the image of a pair of vintage lamps from my head.  I told myself it was a bit of a daft idea, but still I couldn't resist going ahead with it. I think they turned out pretty cute.

I listed them in my Etsy shop the other week. I have a stack of more elaborate earrings waiting to be photographed, but the sun is currently shining away far too brightly for photographs to happen. (I'm not going to grumble about that!)  Hopefully, I'll have got them taken in time for my next post!

While I'm here, tomorrow is the reveal day for our monthly blog hop, We're All Ears. Have you made your earrings yet?

Bye for now, Claire
www.somethingtodo.etsy.com
www.somethingtodowithyourhands.com