Make Yourself a Quick Etching Container

by Judy Freyer Thompson

Have you ever prepared a piece of metal to be etched and found it didn't fit in your etching container? Last week I prepped a bracelet cuff and found just that! I really wanted to get the project underway, so I looked around for a quick solution.

Instructions

Rinse the bottle well and remove labels. Tighten the screw top. Attach the mailing label aligning the 4" edge along the seam of the bottle. Using the knife cut a three-sided rectangular hatch in the bottle.

Judy Freyer Thompson's Make Yourself a Quick Etching Container - , Metalwork, Texturing, quick etching container

The seam on the bottle will serve as a 'hinge' to make the hatch door.

Fill the container with etching solution (I like the 'safe solution' using equal amounts of Hydrogen Peroxide and Distilled White Vinegar with a little bit of salt). Place your piece to be etched in the container and carefully push the hatch into place. To keep the container from rolling, sandwich it between the two wooden spoons.

When you are done dispose of the etching solution per your local codes.

Materials

24 Gauge Dead Soft Sterling Silver Sheet - 6 Inches

H8-24SM6

Lesson Quantity: 1.00 pieces
Purchase Quantity: 1.00 1 Inch
Price: $39.28
Gold Club Price: $29.46

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Tools

French Shears, Straight, 7 Inch

SHR-530.00

SHR-530.00
Lesson Quantity: 1.00 pieces
Purchase Quantity: 1.00 each
Price: $17.44
Gold Club Price: $13.08

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Category: Metalwork
Technique(s): Texturing

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Judy Freyer Thompson

Judy Freyer Thompson has been creating since 2006 and is mostly self-taught. She is an artist with a diverse background ranging from farming to mechanical manufacturing to aerospace. Her jewelry and small sculpture reflect both her experience and fascination with materials that are earthy. More often than not she loves to 'think outside the box'. She loves to incorporate found objects and objects such as bones, teeth, fur in her work. These desires feeds her desire to design and create one of a kind pieces of art to wear. Her work has been in various galleries as well as being featured in magazines and books. Along with Kalmbach Publishing , she released Simple Metalwork Jewelry in October 2016. She is a freelance designer and writes projects for Wire Jewelry and other on line publications. By day, she is the Assistant Director of a School Readiness Program. She lives in CT with her husband Mel, daughter Madison, and kitties Truman, Binky and Layla