B'sue's Leaves and Berries Necklace and Earrings

Artisan Whimsy's   November challenge is Leaves and Berries......well!  That's right up MY alley.

We have LOTS of leaf and flower stampings at B'sue Boutiques

http://www.bsueboutiques.com/brass_leaves.shtml

http://www.bsueboutiques.com/brass_flower_petals_layer.shtml

http://www.bsueboutiques.com/brass_roses.shtml

Here are some more shots:

With flash it looks more green, without, more blue.  It's actually more blue and here's how I did it:

I used Swellegant Tiffany Blue traditional patina over raw brass.   After I rinsed and dried it, I set it on a large necklace crescent blank:

http://www.bsueboutiques.com/necklace_blanks.shtml

This is an assemblage piece, so the leaves were pieced and layered with E6000 glue.  The back was washed with color (Vintaj weathered copper set---patina) and sealed with Allergy Shield.  I also used some little brass ox leaves from the website which I tinted with the Vintaj inks.

I also went over the larger leaves with a bit of first, white Gilder's Paste and then, a bit of patina Gilder's Paste.   At the end, I accented with the Heirloom Metallic set of Vintaj/Ranger inks (found here )

The 'berries' are caged pearls with brass wire.   I sealed everything with Swellegant Clear Cote  before I glued in the 'berries'.

The beads are acrylic and lampwork, just some pretties I'd purchased who knows where, once upon a time....and finally just the right project came along.

This piece is signed B'sue 2012 and has matching post earrings.

This was FUN!!  I'm getting some ideas about possibly doing a two part video on this one, let me see if I can pull it together soon.

 

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Comments

[Wholesale Jewelry]

Wow! These are just so gorgeous. Well was thinking of buying such a set for the upcoming Christmas party.

[Väinö Rautavaara]

Wow!they really got a good design.In Finland i seen different kind of jewelry made by silver and gold which most of the design are common but really something that you can't explain but amaze.