Silver Leaves

[samanthas]

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[samanthas]

When's your birthday again...?

[samanthas]

*carefully notes the above deadline* ;)

You could make these at home, but you'd need your own kiln.

If you have an idea for something specific you want then bribing me into making it by buying the materials would probably be a cheaper option ;)

[big_daz]

Ooh.

Does that work something like lost wax casting (ie, the clay/ leave evaporates leaving just the solid metal) ?

[samanthas]

I think so, though I've never done lost wax casting myself. The paste/clay is fine ground silver and a binding agent. The binding agent burns away (as do the organic leaves), just leaving you with 98-99% pure silver.

[fetishman]

it's always nice when cleverplan=win

[samanthas]

How long are you allowed to be smug for?

[maviscruet]

There really good....

[samanthas]

:)

[ultharkitty]

Wow, pretty! What're you planning on doing with them?

[samanthas]

Earrings and necklace pieces, I think. Any suggestions?

[ultharkitty]

Accent colours in semi-precious beads, but that's about all that comes to mind! I'm really keen to see what you're going to do with these. They're gorgeous as they are, but I can see them being especially beautiful when worn :)

[samanthas]

What would accent colours for silver be? I've not gotten much into bead work, my style of jewellery making has tended to more involve wire and hammers.

[mooetta]

Those are gorgeous. Yay for creativity! :)

[samanthas]

Thank you. You can see them for real soon! I must remember to book our theatre tickets!