Wednesday, December 8, 2010

ACID-ETCHED TEXTURE PLATE

A group shot of our texture plates. Mine's in the middle and is my take on West African mud cloth.

Julie's zebra-inspired plate.

Alice's plate really suggests flowing water to me.

Bonnie's plate uses negative space really well.

Pam's spike-a-lishous heart texture!

Margaret's plate will look great fabricated into a piece of jewelry (which is what she's planning to do).


Tonight at Bead Haven, I led a class where we acid-etched a textured plate from a piece of 18 gauge copper. The plate creates a low-relief texture that is very similar to a tear away sheet, commonly used for adding texture to metal clay. I love the look that tear away sheets achieve, but I find that they don't really last too long. These etched plates are much more permanent and are so fun to make. Of course, they can also be sawed up and fabricated into jewelry pieces too. I can't wait to see what these ladies make with theirs.

3 comments:

Jeanne Craine said...

Ladies-these are just fantastic!!! What a cool class, Cris!

Margaret Schindel said...

These are just fabulous!!!

kimmykats said...

Looks like you are having a great time with wonderful results. thanks for sharing