My first attempt despite looking right in my head I wasn't entirely pleased with, something just wasnt right about the damask disc, it wasnt doing any justice to the labradorite and this is a gorgeous piece, it has so much colour with blues and greens and even some gold.
So i did what I usually do in these situations, I "lived with it" for a few days, that is it sat on the window sil beside me, catching my eye every now and then, just reminding me of its existance. Then I started to play with the piece of labradorite below, this is a stunner with gorgeous greens and golds and this one knew what it wanted, and just came together perfectly.
..and from that I decided to try the damask with a long piece of silver instead of a disc, I think it works beautifully, what do you think ? -
Am I the one person who does this, makes something and then lives with it and re-jig's it until it is "right" ?
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I totally do the same thing. I'll even "get bored" of the thing not looking like it looked in my head and put it in a drawer for a few months. Then, when I re-discover the "treasure" I either love it or re-do it.
Oooo I like the idea of finding forgotten treasure round the house :))
You're not alone. I usually have about 5 or more projects on the back burner so to speak. If they don't gel they can sit there for months and then....it just comes together. Very nice when that happens:)
Gorgeous pendants, I esp love the leaf design.
I love them all, and I'm really impressed with the rolling mill textures. How did you make your Damask texture plate? Acid etching, sandblasting, electro-etching? Either way, it's gorgeous!
Thank you, I made them with brass texture plates, so I drew patterns onto the brass and used ferric chloride to etch the brass :)
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