Hand-Painted Metal Jewelry with Patinas and Pigments

Overview

“In this lesson you will learn how to create three types of homemade patinas with different chemical compounds to achieve green and blue tones. We will apply the patinas on the metal samples that we previously had prepared and we will see how to combine the patinas with pure pigments. Remember something very important: we should never mix ammonia with bleach.”

In this video lesson Maria Rosua addresses the topic: Homemade patina: green and blue, which is part of the Domestika online course: Hand-Painted Metal Jewelry with Patinas and Pigments. Learn to create pieces of jewelry in brass or copper featuring patinas and pigments for a touch of joy and color .

Partial transcription of the video

“Homemade patina: green and blue In this lesson we are going to start working with patinas. Now I'm going to teach you how green and turquoise patinas are made. It is important that the brass parts are well ground before starting to apply the color. In the first patina we will use ammonia, lemon and salt. We are going to need a topper and a jar. The first thing we will do is place on the topper lid a frosted brass plate. In a lid we will put ammonia. I have a lid here that has ammonia in it, a squirt of ammonia. Be careful that when you put it on you don't touch it with your hands. What we a...”

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Course summary for: Hand-Painted Metal Jewelry with Patinas and Pigments

• Level: Beginner
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• 7758 students
• 5 units
• 20 lessons (1h 34m)
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• Category

  Craft, Fashion

• Areas

  Accessory Design, Arts & Crafts, Decorative Painting, DIY, Fashion Design, Jewelry Design