[Jewelry making - Article 00031] - Re: [Orchid] Textures with rolling mill

[Donna Wilson]

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>     What materials work well for giving an interesting texture on
>     sheet silver? 

    I went wild with this when I got my first mill. I dry a lot of
    organics and roll them...they have to be dead dry: corn husks,
    leaves, file folders with decorative punch-outs, the punch-outs from
    the file folder, ferns, lace, ribbons, aida cloth for embroidery,
    shoelaces, skeletonized leaves from the craft store, torn paper,
    wrinkled paper, wire cable covers, faux horse hair braid for
    stiffening hats (fabfic store), piece of old woven bamboo placemat,
    dishtowel, plastic scrubber, plastic bag that fruit comes in, cicada
    wings, sandpaper, hat veiling...to name a few. 

    I always roll with the transfer material between two sheets of metal
    so I don't get junk on my rollers. 

Donna in VA
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