Out of the Studio

I thought I'd be taking some of this week to clean up my studio, but I tend to get sidetracked a bit.  I clean, I make more of a mess, etc.  I dragged out my etching supplies (tub filled with ferric chloride)  and wanted to make a few etching plates out of copper.  I had made some drawings on white paper with my Pigma markers and transferred them onto transparency.

Where you see black is what ends up being etched. I hadn't done an etching in a while so I figured I was going to have to go back through some old notes on how to transfer the drawing onto the metal.  Before I did that, I was looking through some of my other supplies from Sherri Haab's e-forming and etching kit and lo and behold I came across some UV-30 film.  I had totally forgotten about using this film to etch with.  Working with it is so easy.  I found these instructions on Sherri's website if you want to see what's involved.  It may seem like a lot, but it goes fairly quickly. But I also wanted to try drawing on the metal with marker to see how those etchings would come out.  I came across a fine tip Sharpie oil paint marker in my studio (yes!), so figured I'd give that a try. The drawback with this is obvious.  Once you do the etching, there's no back-up drawing.

                                                    "Cobblestone"

                                       
                                                        Close-Up

                                                    "Matisse Leaves"

                


                          

               

                                                          "Scrungie" (marker)

And while I was in the chemicals, I figured I'd take out a few more to make these electroformed earrings.

So, from my studio to yours - I hope you have a healthy, happy and safe new year!