I have still been using the Sharpie as my resist, and the next set of experiments will be with different resist materials.\u00a0 I am still having trouble with the etch undercutting the Sharpie marks, and with the Sharpie beginning to wipe off with time in the etching bath.<\/p>\n

I have also continued to experiment with textures and wtih hand coloring using Prisma Color pencils.<\/p>\n

Photos of the latest pieces are below.\u00a0 The tree earrings and the three tree pendant are custom orders from customers who saw my earlier pieces.<\/p>\n

The snowmen were etched and then cut out of the sheet, with a bail added on the back.\u00a0 I tumbled finished them, and am very pleased with the way that finish worked.\u00a0 I used stainless steel shot and Simple Green in the tumbler.<\/p>\n

I apologize for my photos – they are not as good as I would like them to be.\u00a0 I’m having trouble getting the etching to show clearly.<\/p>\n

\n\t $\"Tree$ <\/a>\n\t

Tree Earrings<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n\t $\"Three$ <\/a>\n\t

Three Trees Pendant - custom order<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n\t $\"Palm$ <\/a>\n\t

Palm Trees, etched and hand colored<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n\t $\"Snowman,$ <\/a>\n\t

Snowman, etched and cut out and tumbled<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n\t $\"Snowman$ <\/a>\n\t

Snowman etched, cut out, tumbled<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have continued to experiment with electrolytic etching, and have found that I can use the same salt bath for up to two pieces with no degradation in etching.\u00a0 The third and fourth in the same batch begin to have issues, and I have to remove the – plate and scrub it with a brass […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/bethwicker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/bethwicker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/bethwicker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/bethwicker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/bethwicker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/bethwicker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/bethwicker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/bethwicker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/bethwicker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}