Final Piece

 Multi Textured Ring 

drawing of my final piece.

Design and Technique Progression

these are some of the sketches i did so as to show what tools are for which textures, to illustrate the textures more closely, to play with textures and incorporate them all into some jewellery designs.

drawings of textures with the tools to make them.

some drawings of textures to try out.

completely blackened ring.

a bracelet with textured links. 

Texture and color development  

Looking at possible designs to create, I realized that  I needed to play more with the colours and textures of the metals Brass and Silver, so I made two square bars, one Brass and the other Silver. On each of the four sides of each bar I created a texture, a frosted or gritty side made with a broken drill bit, a plain polished side, a round hammer textured side, a straight hammer textured side, a blackened side and an etched side done using Nitric acid.

etched silver

round hammered brass

straight hammered brass

drill bit textured (frosted) silver

round hammered silver

polished silver

blackened silver

drill bit textured (frosted) brass

polished brass

texture and color combination

round hammered brass & blackened silver.

blackened silver & round hammered brass.

blackened silver & polished brass.

polished brass & blackened silver.

frosted brass & blackened silver.

frosted silver & etched silver.

polished brass & etched silver.

blackened silver, etched silver & polished brass.

blackened silver, round hammered silver & frosted silver.

round hammered silver, blackened silver & frosted silver.

blackened silver & polished silver.

polished silver & blackened silver.

blackened silver & round hammered silver.

round hammered silver & blackened silver.

blackened silver & frosted silver.

frosted silver & blackened silver.

straight hammered brass, etched silver & frosted silver.

straight hammered brass & etched silver.

blackened silver , etched silver & frosted brass.

frosted brass & etched silver.

blackened silver, round hammered silver, round hammered brass, straight hammered brass, polished brass, polished silver, polished silver & frosted silver.

blackened silver and polished brass.

blackened silver, round hammered silver, polished brass, blackened silver, polished brass, round hammered brass, straight hammered brass.

frosted silver & polished brass.

Since my references work predominantly with textures and oxidizing I experimented with a few myself.

frost texture made with a drill bit (left), round hammer texture (right)

straight hammer texture
 

prepared piece of silver with bitchemen, ready for etching.
 

my own texture made after etching.
 

blackened after etching.
 

blackening taken of surface on (left) and inside groves on (right).
 

one side clean silver the other blackened.
 

Gerlinde Huth

Gerlindan Huth                

http://www.gerlindehuth.com/



Gerlinde Huth explores the technique of etching and she developed a method that allows her to create intricate patterning with fine lines, this gives the surface a very unique texture. She then plays around with dark and light by oxidizing surfaces differently which in turn enhances the strength of the shapes.

sterling silver earnings, etched and oxidized.

http://www.lovedazzle.com/shop/Cufflinks-by-Gerlinde-Huth-Duotex-Cuff-Links.aspx
  




sterling silver set of rings etched and oxidized.

http://gerlindehuth.com/jewellery/view/all/rings/DTr04#DTr04
 

"Sterling silver one band gilded" satinized, shiny, etched and oxidized.

http://gerlindehuth.com/jewellery/view/all/rings/DTr02#DTr02