Thursday, May 20, 2010

Repaired Vintage Jewelry Piece

My new big piece!

On Sunday I posted this image of a piece of broken metal we found in Paris. I was hoping to repair it and reuse it for something special.

My first step was to lighten it with paint.

It definitely falls in the found object category. I used all sorts of things I found in my junk drawer. Single earrings, old rhinestones and the metal flower. They would be homeless if they didn't go onto this necklace.

The images I embedded in resin. I found these vintage royal ladies some time ago. They were very small images, so even though I brightened them up in photo shop, I knew I could only print out a size that was about 1 inch wide. So for the main section I used them at about 1/2 inch tall.

I wish I had more time to play with my photography for this entry. I just set it down on this only paper and loved it. For now, I am just so happy to have reclaimed the piece and recycled it into something I will love wearing. On time too!

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