Friday, January 19, 2018

Natural leaf textured fine silver pendant. Jewelry design by Arctida.

The holidays are over and it is time to get back to blogging :) 

Last year I've started teaching beginner metal clay class and I thought I'll show you what my students can make in my classes. Here is the first one and it is one of the most popular projects for beginners - making a jewelry piece from real leaves. This pendant is made by me as a demo for my students using precious metal clay paste and I've chosen a Mint leaf as a *model* because of it beautiful texture and pretty shape.  

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7 comments:

  1. UnknownJanuary 19, 2018 at 7:26 AM

    Very beautiful pendant! Love details!

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  2. Stephanie KilgastJanuary 19, 2018 at 9:23 AM

    Most beautiful pendant!
    Love that leaf!

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  3. SianyJanuary 19, 2018 at 4:24 PM

    wow!! how do you do this? the detail is amazing

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  4. NatalyaJanuary 19, 2018 at 5:08 PM

    This is a great job.

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  5. ArctidaJanuary 19, 2018 at 5:12 PM

    Siany, I use PMC3 paste (precious metal clay paste) and paint with it a real leaf several time (coat + let it dry in between 15-20 times). Once it is thick enough and dry I fire it in the kiln (at 899°C). After kiln it will come out as pure silver .999 so that I can finish and polish the piece afterwards.

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  6. HolzundLeinenJanuary 20, 2018 at 8:27 AM

    What a beautiful leaf, it looks gorgeous.

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  7. ameba verdeJanuary 23, 2018 at 12:55 PM

    You made such a beautiful piece!! also I realy love Coleus plants
    ^___^

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