Friday, February 18, 2011

Lead-Free Pewter and Jewelry

I made the wooden bracelet and necklace with our Lead-Free Pewter.  The tools used were: Teflon D-01 (to outline and clean), Refiner (give texture to the background), Paper Stump (#3-#5 are my favorites), Star Wheel (to make the rows of small dots between the squares) and Decorative Wheel Squares (as a frame for the squares in the bracelet).
I used some of Fiskars texture plates. I added the pewter Patina and polish it with a polishing paste and painted  the bracelet with silver "Dazzling Metallics" by Decoart.

9 comments:

  1. I am so thankful that you started this blog!! Fantastic!!! Take care! I hope you have a super weekend. Do you sell Fiskars texture plates or can you get them at Michaels?

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  2. How did you attach the pewter to the bracelet? I really like it!

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  3. Wendy: I don't carry those plates. I believe I bought mine in Michaels ages ago.

    Hillman: I use double sided tape to adhere 99% of my projects
    Have a happy weekend!

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  4. Interesting bracelet. I use contact adhesive to adhere my projects. Does the corners not lift with double sided tape.

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  5. Hi Zett: No, they usually don't lift if it's a strong double tape. We have some rolls (1 mt long)that work very well. Contact adhesive is also a very good option. The problem is some of them create strings and can be messy and stinky.

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  6. what did you use as the base of the medallion for the necklace?

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  7. Antonio:it was a piece of chipboard. You can use practically any surface to do metal embossing:wood, masonite, plastic,canvas,papier mâché,candles....

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  8. So glad you're carrying lead-free pewter now! Does it have a different "feel" than when you work with leaded pewter?

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  9. Patrice: lead free pewter feels a little bit different as it's not as soft and malleable as our regular pewter (which by the way is tin coated pewter so the lead content is not in contact with your skin).
    The true silver looking and shine is the same in both.

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