OH! The Joy of Patina

There have been quite a few JOY books over the years, we all know what they were/are....LOL

Though  I don't have a book for you---not yet, anyway!   I do have a design gallery, a bunch of tuts, some YouTubes....and new stuff comin' up, too.  You see, for me, it's not the Joy of Patina....

It's OH!  The Joy of Patina.   As in, OH OH OH! it's just TOO much fun.   So many ways to go, so many paths to take.

You can go with chem dips,  serious patina washes, ammonia, salt, vinegar....torches!  Yep, you can just run your torch over brass and stand back....and be amazed!  (BTW, torch patina must be sealed....I like Renaissance Wax

PAINTS will do amazing things over brass, too.  Yep.  Acrylic paint.   If the other stuff scares you, don't feel left out.  An artful hand and the right colors of paint can work miracles over a brass stamping.

Today I made a new Pinterest album full of some of my old experiments and photos and then....a bunch of pix I found AT Pinterest that led me on a side journey.  Sure, I'll share!

LINKS FOR PATINA FANS:

Patina and Patina Patterns to Peak Your Creativity    watch for this album to grow handily in the months to come, as B'sue Boutiques will soon be introducing more colorization/patina products.

Love My Art Jewelry Blog   A very cool blog you may want to follow for great patina, metalworking and jewelry craft ideas.     I was very tickled  to see that the lastest contributor at this blog was Erin Prais-Hintz, who will soon be contributing projects to the B'sue Boutiques Tutorials Page  

Some ideas/pix  from Love My Art Jewelry Blog are on the Patina Board I just made at Pinterest.

Here is the basic tutorial for my Oven Bake/Vinegar/Salt Patina:  http://www.bsueboutiques.com/pi_cool_ways_to_age_brass.shtml    Remember you always need to start out with CLEAN, DEGREASED brass for this method!

Want to watch me do it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctp5xFW7XJM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1hwY6gwL30

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1hwY6gwL30

There are even more colorization videos at the B'sue Boutiques YouTube Channel

and BUNCHES !! more to come!

 

Comments

[Kris Lanae Binsfeld]

Oh My Word!!! Absolutely beautiful!!! Love it!

[Cherrie Fick]

That is gorgeous. I love the added bead detail.

[Sonya Stille]

I love what you have done with the patina. Thanks for sharing all your great ideas.
Sonya

[Brassy Steamington]

Patina is my friend! My current favs are the rusty black edged off a bit with sanding, verdigris and chocolate ox. I would love to see a true black and some kind of red for our gothic friends. Maybe I should work on that!

~ Dr Brassy

[A. Marie Designs]

This is beautiful. I love patinas and am excited to see what you will be adding to your shop. I have been doing a lot of reading on them lately and am excited to try out some things less familiar to me.

I am also excited to see what the Vintaj/Ranger collaberation is. I thought it was an alcohol ink at first but then they said "opaque", which got me much more excited.

I have been expiramenting with adding alcohol to acrylic washes the last few days and am very excited by the possibilities.

Long live color!!!

[Brenda Sue]

From the video I saw on the Vintaj colors, they seem to be a form of metal paint or a combination type mix of such with alcohol ink or maybe....an ink. The reason I wonder is you heat set it. We'll all know soon as the first ones are shipping in early March. What I saw of it, can be achieved with a good paint, however. ;-) We will probably be carrying it at B'sue Boutiques as it will go with our brass and be fast to use. What you see in the photo, however, is not a crafts product, but something related to the plating trade but safe to use for home workshops. There will be a slight learning curve to it but not terribly difficult, and a far different look than the Vintaj product. We should have it available very soon! I will keep everyone posted!

[A. Marie Designs]

Thank you for the info, Brenda Sue. I have tried the natural recipes you have shared and they have been fun. Seems salt adds interesting effects to all types of mediums. I am real interested in the less noxious forms because of some health problems I have. I've seen a few places on Etsy selling what appears to be gorgeous color possibilities, but I am trying to become a little more learned in the area first.

I did get an invite from Pinterest after entering am email. It's neat.

[Brenda Sue]

The product used to patina the piece in this blog entry is SWELLEGANT. See the Tutorials section at http://www.bsueboutiques.com for full instructions on how to use the product, which consists of three parts: metal coatings, dye oxides and patinas. They all blend or can be used separately. This piece was sponged down with Tiffany Green patina, left to dry, rinsed, dried again, and sealed with Krylon Spray Varnish. These pieces can also be sealed with the Swellegant sealant as well as Renaissance Wax, to great effect.