Deryn Mentock
Making these charms, I was inspired by Susan Lenart's fabulous mixed media jewelry. I used Christmas light bulbs for the main element of the charm. I removed the plastic top on the bulb and wrapped the tiny bulb wires around a piece of 22 gauge copper wire. I wrapped the copper wire around the top of the bulb, making sure the tiny bulb wires stayed in place, and made a loop at the top. Next, I aged the charms by dipping the wire wrapped tops in a liver of sulpher solution then polished with 0000 steel wool and a polishing cloth. Last, a strip of text was applied with Glossy Accents which is a product that's similar to Diamond Glaze.
5 comments:
so wonderful...i do recycled crafts...do you mind if i give these a try??? just curiou...what does the text say??
Thanks for the lovely comments! Jeanne, I'm happy for you to give it a try. The text on these is random strips (very tiny ones!) wrapped around the bulb. You can make them say anything you want.
Wow!!! I love your cute charms. For 20 years I saved every tiny light. Last year I threw them away. For the life of me I couldn't figure out what to do with them. Now I hope i have broken stringers this year. Artist lynnette April.
I just love Deryn's work. She has a way, you know? If I tried anything like that, it would look like I didn't MEAN it to be that way. Hers? Just right.
My bulb wires keep breaking. I am trying so hard to be careful, but they are still breaking. Any tips, Deryn?
Thank you,
Cindy Hoglund
BeadCharmer@gmail.com
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