[Jewelry making - Article 01062] - Re: [Orchid] Free form gold pieces

[Noel]

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Hi, Wyndham,

    You got some good suggestions-- here's one more thing you might like
    to try. You can get lacy "splotches" of metal, silver or gold, this
    way. 

    You will need two nice smooth charcoal blocks, and a rectangular
    cake pan or something similar. Set one bolck in the pan, making sure
    the block is level. Melt a small amount of metal on the block, wait
    maybe one second, then smack the second block down onto the molten
    blob (that's why it's in the pan-- in case any metal escapes). Pick
    up the top block and see what you "got". If you don't like it, just
    melt it again. 

    It takes a little practice to figure out how much metal, how much
    time, how much pressure, but the "splots" can be very cool-looking.
    (I fuse them to silver backing.) Have fun! 

Noel

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