Sulfur and Silver

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Sometimes, when I make a piece of jewelry, the silver that I love suddenly looks garish next to my bead. That was the case with my Art Bead Scene project. When this happens, I love to blacken my silver to make is disappear into the project.

I use chunks of Liver of Sulfur:

I microwave a cup of water for about a minute and drop in one chunk. I stir with a wooden skewer or chopstick.


Here's all my silver bits:

And here they are drying off. I ended up not using them all. As always, the jewelry takes on its own direction as I work.

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Check in here tomorrow to see the finished piece.