[Jewelry making - Article 01387] - [Orchid] Painting wire so it looks like snow?

[Lisa Orlando]

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Dear Orchidians, 

    I have wire "trees" that I have made to use as displays and several
    people have told me that the color of the metal interferes with
    people's perceptions of my pieces--they get confused and think it's
    one big sculpture. Most of these people thought I should use black
    wire but, since it's the holidays, I'd love a kind of glittery white. 

    Since I'm up against the wall, I can't make new displays (I still
    don't know if I'm going to have enough jewelry made by the time of
    our local show!), so I want to paint the ones I have (nickel, copper,
    and brass). I need something I can apply quickly and easily, that
    doesn't require priming, that won't rub off onto ear wires, etc. 

    Since I started making jewelry, I have not tried to paint metal, and
    I don't have a lot of time to experiment now, but I once had an awful
    experience painting a metal desk (the paint rubbed off on everything
    and I finally had to throw it out) which I don't want to replicate. I
    have thought about spray paint for cars...it really needs to be
    something I can spray and there's an auto supply place in town (no
    art store, but there's a Michaels one town over)...I really did
    search the archives, and I found some stuff on  colored epoxy, but I
    need something much quicker and dirtier than that. 

Any ideas?

Gratefully,
Lisa Orlando
Aphrodite's Ornaments


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