I've been playing around with mixed media jewelry for several years now, mainly altering domino and scrabble tile game pieces and recycling bottle caps. Last November, I branched out into embossing metal and eco felt with a Sizzix machine. This opened up a whole new creativity process for me. I've really gotten into embossing metal, from the initial design concept to the inking or painting of the metal, polishing, buffing, re-inking, polishing, inking, polishing to the final touches of sealing design with either Renaissance Wax or Sun and Moon Dimensional Glaze. I dig Vintaj brass metal components. I've tried other metals without the same level of success of Vintaj products.
I have mainly worked with Ranger Alcohol Inks and recently ventured into painting on the metal with acrylic paint. In the mail today, I received a package of Vintaj patina produced by Ranger Ink. I'm so excited! I have been trying to come up with a turquoise verdigris without much success. So tonight I'm going to finish my Blue Sea Snake Necklace with coordinating earrings using my new Vintaj Patina opaque inks and perhaps I'll start my spring butterfly design (still a concept in progress)
A few examples of my mixed media jewelry I've created:
This is one of my first mixed media jewelry designs
I designed and sold these cute eco felt earrings over the holidays:
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