Good Luck – in the Making :)
Good luck is made of broken glass...
Two charms, different stories...
Charm No. 1: Yes, it's the bead I broke when I recently re-re-made my Mom's (magrit k.) necklace (please see the photo in the first comment and my album). You may wonder why it's golden when it was crystal-clear before. Well, I had mentioned that I wanted to re-re-re-make the necklace in Wabi-sabi and/or Kintsugi style because of the broken bead (Thank you all for your suggestions on how to repair it or replace the bead, much, much appreciated!) and I stumbled upon a tutorial where someone repaired a broken glass vase with waterproof super glue and golden mica powder. It sounded easy enough (it wasn't) so I thought I'd give it a try. In the tutorial, they made it so that, after gluing the parts together, they quickly powdered the mica stuff onto the glue before it dried. But: the vase was big, and the bead is... tiny, so there was no way I could have possibly applied the mica powder to the glued part only (hard to see anyway), so I properly buried the bead in mica powder and let it sit for a while. Next, I carefully brushed most of the powder off for the photo but didn't want to do too much to the bead because the glue needed 24 hours of rest. After waiting that long, I can now say that the repaired bead looks solid, the gluing seems to be stable – and the bead is permanently gold-speckled. I just hope the Rumpelstiltskin won't knock on my door now ;)
I gently placed the bead on a silver pendant: charm No. 2. The pendant is a true good luck charm that is with me wherever I go because I keep it on my keyring. I got the pendant for my 7th Birthday on a holiday in Italy. It has my zodiac sign, Cancer, engraved on the front and my first name and date of birth engraved on the back, just in case I should ever forget it ;) You can see the pendant properly in the second photo in the first comment. As background, I used a light blue glitter foam sheet (dull side up) and a white feather to create a soft, airy, high-key-ish (one might call it "blue-key") look. No focus stacking this time, but a single photo taken wide-open at F2.8 with the Laowa Ultra Macro lens.
HMM, Everyone, and have a nice spring/autumn week ahead!
Good Luck – in the Making :)
Good luck is made of broken glass...
Two charms, different stories...
Charm No. 1: Yes, it's the bead I broke when I recently re-re-made my Mom's (magrit k.) necklace (please see the photo in the first comment and my album). You may wonder why it's golden when it was crystal-clear before. Well, I had mentioned that I wanted to re-re-re-make the necklace in Wabi-sabi and/or Kintsugi style because of the broken bead (Thank you all for your suggestions on how to repair it or replace the bead, much, much appreciated!) and I stumbled upon a tutorial where someone repaired a broken glass vase with waterproof super glue and golden mica powder. It sounded easy enough (it wasn't) so I thought I'd give it a try. In the tutorial, they made it so that, after gluing the parts together, they quickly powdered the mica stuff onto the glue before it dried. But: the vase was big, and the bead is... tiny, so there was no way I could have possibly applied the mica powder to the glued part only (hard to see anyway), so I properly buried the bead in mica powder and let it sit for a while. Next, I carefully brushed most of the powder off for the photo but didn't want to do too much to the bead because the glue needed 24 hours of rest. After waiting that long, I can now say that the repaired bead looks solid, the gluing seems to be stable – and the bead is permanently gold-speckled. I just hope the Rumpelstiltskin won't knock on my door now ;)
I gently placed the bead on a silver pendant: charm No. 2. The pendant is a true good luck charm that is with me wherever I go because I keep it on my keyring. I got the pendant for my 7th Birthday on a holiday in Italy. It has my zodiac sign, Cancer, engraved on the front and my first name and date of birth engraved on the back, just in case I should ever forget it ;) You can see the pendant properly in the second photo in the first comment. As background, I used a light blue glitter foam sheet (dull side up) and a white feather to create a soft, airy, high-key-ish (one might call it "blue-key") look. No focus stacking this time, but a single photo taken wide-open at F2.8 with the Laowa Ultra Macro lens.
HMM, Everyone, and have a nice spring/autumn week ahead!