Patina Techniques and Creations
Thursday 10-5pm
Learn to create beautiful patina's on various types of metals using nothing but your imagination and a few household supplies. This class is for the adventurous, who would love to be surprised by some very interesting and gorgeous colors patinas that would normally take hundreds of years to age on their own. I patina metals the way my Italian grandmother taught me to make sauce, no exact recipe, a little bit of this and a lot of that and see what happens. It makes for wonderful surprises. Feel free to bring a notebook for those who would like to "guess-ta-mate" the amounts! Wear old comfy clothes and have a fun filled day making patina's in the morning and designing jewelry with your patina'd metals and found objects in the afternoon. I guarantee a good time will be had by all!
In the morning you will learn techniques, creating base pieces for future projects but in the afternoon, I will supply materials already patina'd for you to create a special piece to wear immediately.
Kit Fee is $40.00 due to expense of metals
• All metals (double the usual amount), one set to patina and one set that is already patina’ and sealed ready to work with during the afternoon’s design session. The metals will be precut for your convenience but you will learn the correct method of filing metals. Also raw metal cuffs will be included (one for patina and one already patina’d for afternoon).
• Heavy duty garbage bags
• All chemicals needed to create 2 different patinas
• Materials to use in burying or suspending the metals for patina
• Plastic, paper towels, containers, string, etc
• Jewelry findings, neckpieces (chains, leather, etc) and everything needed to complete a piece of jewelry in class
• Found objects for jewelry design
• Complete set of directions for class
Supply List to bring to class:
• Heavy duty gloves (not cheap rubber gloves)
• Goggles preferably tight fitting around face (hardware store)
• Wear old clothes
• Files (hardware store is fine) or jewelry grade if you have them already
• Medium size box (2) Shoe box size or larger
• Measuring cup
• Jeweler’s Saw
• Found objects including but not limited to: watch parts, wire (20-24 gauge) in various colors, any broken jewelry or ephemera that you like.
• Measuring cup
• Notebook and pen to take notes and to sketch designs.
• Plastic bowls (dollar store variety) small to medium size
• Old toothbrush (or one from dollar store)
• Box of baking soda
• A tightly closed plastic container that is deep enough to suspend metal from and not touch the base of the container
• Quick drying jewelry glue
Diane Russell-Horn, Instructor
sixthfloordesigns@yahoo.com
