I love Christi Friesen, so when she talked about a product that would help to simulate metal on polymer clay AND give it a real patina look, I was very curious. Then I saw some lovely pieces on Flickr by various artists who were working with it (esp Randee aka ketztx4me), and I
knew I just had to try it. A quick visit to CF Originals and several anxious days waiting by the mailbox ... and I was ready to play.
I sprung for the whole kit, as it would be cheaper in the long run. Look how much came packed in the box. There are 5 metal coatings, 3 patinas, a TON of dyes, application material and a sealer. If I had one complaint, I wish that the bottle of sealer was bigger. I can see me going through sealer quickly.
My first tests were to see how the patinas reacted with various metal coatings. I started with Brass, Copper and Bronze. Silver and Iron will have to wait a while. I made them in duplicate so they would make good earrings if I liked how they looked. Learned an important lesson here which I will pass on to you. If you want to make two pieces look the same - when you are ready for the final coat and patina, do both pieces at the same time. Otherwise the timing will be off and the intensity of the patina will not be the same. (See if you can find which pair I learned this lesson on)
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Some day I will figure out how to put two pictures side by side on blogger. I am so excited about the possibilities and I haven't even tried the dyes yet!
These look fabulous. Are all your examples on clay or actual metal. Maybe number 3 weren't done at the same time?
ReplyDeleteI think the brass with darkening patina is the set done at different times. I adore the bronze with tiffany green. Can't wait to see more experiments with this. I'd also like to know if you baked the clay first, or all at the same time? (My 11 yr old is our clay enthusiast, so I thought I'd check if she's interested)
ReplyDeleteFun reading about all your experiments!
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