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so vanessa, who is amazing for letting me borrow her xsi, 50mm f/1.2 and 10-22mm for a wedding i have saturday! here's a shot to demonstrate how shallow f/1.2 really is!
~Feminine~Earthy~Organic~
Finely etched copper, hand sawn with an oxidized patina added to inhance the floral design.
I designed and created this pendant in my Pacific Northwest studio. It is hung by a 16 inch rubberized black necklace.
Length: 1.95 inches (49.7mm)
Width: 1.37 inches (35mm)
The chairs represent each person killed in the bombing. Smaller chairs are the children. Their names are etched in the glass bottoms, and their placement represents what floor they were on. I hear they are usually covered with flowers and artifacts, but I think it was cleaning day as there was someone cleaning the reflecting pool when we were there.
Glass is a largely non-reactive and made up of SiO2. Etched glass is made by exposing it to highly-reactive Hydrofluoric acid in gaseous form. The acid reacts with the glass to form SiF4 and water.
The back of my copper plate, which I neglected to spray paint before putting in the acid. This is after it had sat in my drawer in the Dolphin building for a couple of weeks. Gnarly.
One of the things I was looking for this weekend when out garage saling....a large glass bowl to put our wine corks in. I found this one for fifty cents.
From metalsmithing class: Using copper etched in a previous class, a large lentil focal bead was created from two circles which were cut and domed, then riveted together with a brass tube. Bail is integral.
Handmade lampwork bead with a poppy design. This bead has been etched for a matt look but the poppies are still shiny.