Well I did, after a fantastic class with MARY HETTSMANSPERGER from America. I learned how to burn copper with a gel flux, fold, wrap, cut with a screw driver and alter the surface to achieve amazing results and so much more at this class held at the Eclectic Studio in Sydney.
This is a locket that I created by forging copper sheets and wrapping wire. If you look closely you will see an image behind the textured strips.
Yep, you guessed it. It's an angel captured between a sheet of mica and copper, all secured with rivets so that he doesn't get away.
Mary Hettsmansperger is the author of - "Wrap, Stitch, Fold & Rivet" and the wonderful "Fabulous Woven Jewelry". She has a new book out now called "Mixed Metal Jewelry Workshop: Combining Sheet, Clay, Mesh, Wire & More".
Mary Hettmansperger has been a much sought-after crafts teacher for 25 years. A successful author and magazine contributor, she appears regularly on the PBS show Beads, Baubles & Jewels. The image on the right (pod) with cube beads, I purchased from Mary. I love her work and just had to take home a piece of Mary H. I shall wear it proudly. Thanks, Mary! I think that the cubes are made from Bronze Clay with a patina finish with liver of sulphur. It's got an organic feel about it, doesn't it?
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Wow, your captured angel pendant is fantastic, Hector. You did so well with the lttle rivets. I loved the workshop, too - thanks for your company and letting me borrow some of your metal tools. Hope to catch up with you again soon.
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