Fun With Embossed Metal!

As I've mentioned in previous posts, I've been having great fun embossing and painting metal.  So far I've used the embossed metal in collages and in altered books.  I've had some great ideas for jewelry but just hadn't gotten around to trying anything.

So this past weekend I decided I was devoting the whole weekend to artwork and finally got around to doing a couple of pieces of jewelry with the embossed, painted metal.  Actually, I decided to work on a necklace with matching earrings.

Using the embossed metal, I cut out a design.  I decided to overlay it on a piece of sheet copper.  I textured the edges of the copper that extend beyond the embossed metal.  Here are the pieces...

When the necklace is assembled, it will look like this...

Here are the earring pieces...

And the earrings after they're assembled...

I'm going to hand-forge a necklace of sterling silver links but haven't gotten that far yet.  The earrings will be trimmed in silver.  Might even add some danglies to all the pieces...who knows?

So stay tuned for the finished pieces!

Ciao for now,

Deborah