Etching Photos

I wanted to share my latest etching experience which was done using a D battery and salt water.

Here's the set-up. The positive red wire and alligator clip gets attached to the copper wire holding my two earrings with the hand drawn swirls. The negative black wire and clip attaches to the copper wire holding a scrap piece of copper. A jar is filled with warm water saturated with salt. The two wires holding the copper pieces are put into the salt water.

Immediately you see bubbles forming and gradually the salt water turns a red brown color.

I left the earrings in for an hour, and there was definitely a beautiful etched pattern. Here they are out of the solution. They need to be washed and scrubbed.

Here are the finished earrings below. If you'd like to learn more about this process, please contact me and I'll give you the information I have. It's so easy and rewarding!

New Etched Copper Earrings

I finished two pairs of my new etched copper earrings. They are really nice ... if I say so. We found the process soooo easy, and I will share it with you complete with photos in a while. And if you have any questions, contact me and I'll give you a great website to refer to. No messy chemicals was the greatest advantage.

The top photo has hand drawn swirls and a border around the piece using a special pen. I added brown freshwater pearls on copper wire. The earwires are sterling silver.

My own copper green lampwork beads go nicely with the lower earrings with the center cut out. The pattern is also drawn on with a special pen. So easy!