tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23769139416144729352024-03-13T01:21:52.707+00:00MoonflygirlMostly a jewellery blog...Tania Covohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07022935063021294931noreply@blogger.comBlogger757125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376913941614472935.post-77993531746354387342021-08-05T14:40:00.003+01:002021-08-05T14:44:52.826+01:00Pigeon Greetings Cards<p>So many people draw cats, dogs, foxes and hares (as have I) but very few people do pigeons on cards, so I took up the challenge. I have five pigeon cards in my shop now, all collage and mixed media. </p><p>Here are a couple of them - a pigeon on a Penny Farthing, and a pigeon having a nice cup of tea at the end of a long day...</p><p>I will do more. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn3qjj8u_qUD8tH3w5OxILT2wSkfoF_X9lgXaPj54qqDtM2KeCzLHfoTzO3acKGNVtH1BDJWFRB_5t8J6KXSO183Qzw7TvWP23SsbD2oFfc6ADZ3WH1ScUlTbok9GHpUzAn7EnHzRrZKn-/s600/pigeonintherain_blog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn3qjj8u_qUD8tH3w5OxILT2wSkfoF_X9lgXaPj54qqDtM2KeCzLHfoTzO3acKGNVtH1BDJWFRB_5t8J6KXSO183Qzw7TvWP23SsbD2oFfc6ADZ3WH1ScUlTbok9GHpUzAn7EnHzRrZKn-/s320/pigeonintherain_blog.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMEHpOG2_FuLDEEEqmhbYv7OAq-1YTmvy9QpIwoJWUxV7kg_vFEl0isqBQyipoZ0UUFMN6X3sJIKYFptRNr81zwGWWSK7jSsWuEvduhOunmPAycY-dwD3HFrro0xmnISZ_XmhmxeMCj3vU/s600/pigeon_mug_blog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMEHpOG2_FuLDEEEqmhbYv7OAq-1YTmvy9QpIwoJWUxV7kg_vFEl0isqBQyipoZ0UUFMN6X3sJIKYFptRNr81zwGWWSK7jSsWuEvduhOunmPAycY-dwD3HFrro0xmnISZ_XmhmxeMCj3vU/s320/pigeon_mug_blog.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Tania Covohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07022935063021294931noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376913941614472935.post-48587448955454560452021-05-28T21:09:00.007+01:002021-05-28T21:09:55.130+01:00New Sketchook and Collage<p> I decided to have a sketchbook with me at all times so I can collage on the go. </p><p>(We'll see how that works out).</p><p>This collage was made with bits from that sketchbook - the subject was fox cubs. </p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLLezIebwnwSzhOAad7gdkgK3tj3qMKX59kEYsou1Fhdw9GEqfJkY693eKHUnYTdqH7_y6Vb4zW0wn68lRJagqDhqz5wvomGO1KOP6aMgGB3qkZeq4tGW8YF2UcYkasCR4mNdINns7KKid/s1080/foxdoodle6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLLezIebwnwSzhOAad7gdkgK3tj3qMKX59kEYsou1Fhdw9GEqfJkY693eKHUnYTdqH7_y6Vb4zW0wn68lRJagqDhqz5wvomGO1KOP6aMgGB3qkZeq4tGW8YF2UcYkasCR4mNdINns7KKid/w400-h400/foxdoodle6.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Out at Night' Collage by Tania Covo</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>Tania Covohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07022935063021294931noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376913941614472935.post-48629341316946648622021-05-22T09:11:00.002+01:002021-05-22T09:43:47.907+01:00New Collage - Goldcrests <p> My latest collage is of Goldcrest birds in trees on a golden day in May. This one took ages, as each and every bird was done full size, but then made tiny in photoshop so you can hardly see the details...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin7KsaHA4wqGCiVNogGObo_yqUuoITVv29V5EAs0uSZTSgEHMm38AwF5cuEWtLQcHQiE7_aT_o8ZSdzjRKQJ-xEA7Y_O27HuYOO9EtAuu_qRm77K2DgJsSGUFqAX0WpDYQWk2EF9fUrpTn/s1080/treeblue_goldcrest_final.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin7KsaHA4wqGCiVNogGObo_yqUuoITVv29V5EAs0uSZTSgEHMm38AwF5cuEWtLQcHQiE7_aT_o8ZSdzjRKQJ-xEA7Y_O27HuYOO9EtAuu_qRm77K2DgJsSGUFqAX0WpDYQWk2EF9fUrpTn/w400-h400/treeblue_goldcrest_final.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is one of the birds - I'll try and put up more of them later. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCtO2yTN7-s9vEYI1SfI0WKNFrAilGPxWmqgmnj-ncpJqPWdTkP9si_XdNSJqqBQvQA7OCeeUPrEDYXeT17FHk6hLmOln513etRg2iuAuAsGPjvEXxNVdaAdnKwyeg5mH271OimMIRp0w-/s500/goldcrestblog.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCtO2yTN7-s9vEYI1SfI0WKNFrAilGPxWmqgmnj-ncpJqPWdTkP9si_XdNSJqqBQvQA7OCeeUPrEDYXeT17FHk6hLmOln513etRg2iuAuAsGPjvEXxNVdaAdnKwyeg5mH271OimMIRp0w-/s320/goldcrestblog.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the one sitting on a top left hand branch. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The one below is the laughing one in the middle....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx0KNATSfhzbiCzfIXbfGH-i9k3sTfrQKZXXmPZlCoZkXkv6YXn3PCYUNpl1ypWyZS4To-FpQXKKsi-U_gg9Gvw_yzyu0zfLeXzFhD2NrjZbc20ixrm5BsEJfoI_v6iSCrzobWFknRP-X_/s400/goldcrest2blog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="283" data-original-width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx0KNATSfhzbiCzfIXbfGH-i9k3sTfrQKZXXmPZlCoZkXkv6YXn3PCYUNpl1ypWyZS4To-FpQXKKsi-U_gg9Gvw_yzyu0zfLeXzFhD2NrjZbc20ixrm5BsEJfoI_v6iSCrzobWFknRP-X_/s320/goldcrest2blog.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> </div><br /><p><br /></p>Tania Covohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07022935063021294931noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376913941614472935.post-8975827506980188722021-04-28T07:49:00.003+01:002021-04-28T07:49:36.967+01:00Large Blue Butterfly - Colour Change<p>I received my first batch of Large Blue butterflies back from the printers, and sadly the vibrancy of the one on the screen didn't translate well onto paper. I had my suspicions, and indeed they were justified. </p><p>So - I had to go back to the file and change colours around so they will print better. This version is more subtle, probably nearer the real thing. </p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMNljSsC7Hjt9BcuQ_g1xAc97ZH5kczMb8VNs28a5rwQGpCgpgqP94ORN7cMrrJZrnZcUFVDpMZ6UJQ7G8e53oDlYrqf6PIjWB4xlvVcQ-CNU1DwhlXM00FbJXY5fjkKS7iCQDr17lDt36/s900/largeblueversionthree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMNljSsC7Hjt9BcuQ_g1xAc97ZH5kczMb8VNs28a5rwQGpCgpgqP94ORN7cMrrJZrnZcUFVDpMZ6UJQ7G8e53oDlYrqf6PIjWB4xlvVcQ-CNU1DwhlXM00FbJXY5fjkKS7iCQDr17lDt36/w400-h400/largeblueversionthree.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Large Blue Butterfly, Somerset</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>Tania Covohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07022935063021294931noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376913941614472935.post-27737082944883007072021-04-25T19:48:00.006+01:002021-04-28T07:51:17.293+01:00Somerset Wildlife - The Great White Egret<p>I finished the Great Blue butterfly collage a few days ago. Today I finished this one - The Great White Egret. </p><p>The idea based on the collage I made on day 75 of my challenge, but I changed most things including the birds and background.</p><p>I kept the fish :-) </p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGDt2yCAmEikywHETfwY0nG-qWbwP3yTyNd4lIyDFHOgOii1ihy3qPHr3pF2q0BukCKUUa81Cxb3AVEw7lMSg8q4BMzIbO9STD7zyHwKUQt67ArZLYZ0fprnoial2_XnRt91U9S-o9zCCC/s900/great_white_egret_blog.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGDt2yCAmEikywHETfwY0nG-qWbwP3yTyNd4lIyDFHOgOii1ihy3qPHr3pF2q0BukCKUUa81Cxb3AVEw7lMSg8q4BMzIbO9STD7zyHwKUQt67ArZLYZ0fprnoial2_XnRt91U9S-o9zCCC/w400-h400/great_white_egret_blog.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Great White Egret, Somerset</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>Tania Covohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07022935063021294931noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376913941614472935.post-90397611622999661252021-04-25T10:49:00.005+01:002021-04-28T07:50:54.640+01:00New Collage - Large Blue Butterfly<p>So after 18 months I finally got round to making a new collage. </p><p>I decided to explore making collages of my local wildlife, and started with the Large Blue butterfly. <br />It nearly became extinct in the wild, but was reintroduced to an area near Glastonbury and is apparently doing well. I hope to go and spot one myself this summer.</p><p>I was rather out of practice, but after many hours of work, I finally called it done.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL-BFfGHdy9wD-9a1_rKZt98oggnQCUYMoEtRjpfXnUDqH5WuOj1zM04RFb3sUwg-dzi9bAY7jyG5LJU13BwfOEgVCofqpOtm81KId61DGFuikfl2qnNJ0HC_W3M5rG5kLjGoiv4KBCTvU/s900/Large_blue_unblued2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL-BFfGHdy9wD-9a1_rKZt98oggnQCUYMoEtRjpfXnUDqH5WuOj1zM04RFb3sUwg-dzi9bAY7jyG5LJU13BwfOEgVCofqpOtm81KId61DGFuikfl2qnNJ0HC_W3M5rG5kLjGoiv4KBCTvU/w400-h400/Large_blue_unblued2.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Large Blue Butterfly, Somerset</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Tania Covohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07022935063021294931noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376913941614472935.post-34485062203115128992020-11-25T10:09:00.001+00:002020-11-25T10:09:11.944+00:00Spiral Earrings Pair Seven<p>This is really the last pair in this series. I love the colours, but will need to explore other ones as well.</p><p>These a a smaller pair (1.5 cm in diameter).</p><p>I did all the steps in the correct order (two layers of counter enamel before starting the top) etc. </p><p>Technically these are fine, there is some clouding in the blue on one of the earrings (left side) which I can't explain, but overall I had no disasters, and the colours came out the way I intended, so that's good. </p><p>I want to do some colour samples of other enamels next.</p><p>Picture is darker as there is no natural light today.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-fef_ftMiHBwLz030zVFMFr2JmH-R-cY2gCEa0idbka99FrhQ2OOOE-fHKAxBtzNYH1Wg52wdbau-YmxqHnwliMLScvxlg2lfO2DAwqESW35BPWyuOw8SB-Om74vPcijIn8XTiTeOs52t/s450/pairseven.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-fef_ftMiHBwLz030zVFMFr2JmH-R-cY2gCEa0idbka99FrhQ2OOOE-fHKAxBtzNYH1Wg52wdbau-YmxqHnwliMLScvxlg2lfO2DAwqESW35BPWyuOw8SB-Om74vPcijIn8XTiTeOs52t/s320/pairseven.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pair Seven - it's been a long week!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>Tania Covohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07022935063021294931noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376913941614472935.post-77237684520053490222020-11-23T09:37:00.008+00:002020-11-23T11:55:15.048+00:00Spiral Earrings Pairs Five and Six<p> Ok - I think I'm done with this exercise for the moment... </p><p>With these two pairs I decided to try and rectify the obvious colour mistake from pair #4 - and made the spiral more visible with the enamel colour choices and blending. </p><p>Pair Five - <br />I started out with dark blue, and ended up with a different dark blue. The second dark blue wasn't meant to be quite as dark, but it turned out nearly identical to the blue in the middle of the spiral. <br />Not terrible but not quite the look I was after.</p><p>Technically they came out OK, no serious issues, I even ground out a speck of dust with a diamond drill bit, filled it back in with enamel and re-fired - seemed to work fine. </p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFMNwYGVLB5gTKt7_tule0wSkc3EXN2h_vqL41feObQ-W0mceOzxxsLWryHyN3hXHQmbpSxw4r5pujJUmN0DVzMxSm7POjdO3Hq6siOP4ql9X4_KYr8H7uY29TKiwROrvIM8kEJ9TYb-j6/s450/pair_five.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="278" data-original-width="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFMNwYGVLB5gTKt7_tule0wSkc3EXN2h_vqL41feObQ-W0mceOzxxsLWryHyN3hXHQmbpSxw4r5pujJUmN0DVzMxSm7POjdO3Hq6siOP4ql9X4_KYr8H7uY29TKiwROrvIM8kEJ9TYb-j6/s320/pair_five.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Probably my best attempt to date</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br />Pair Six:</p><p>Finally got the colour scheme I was after.<br />'But there is no pair - there is only one!' I hear you say. <br />Well - on the final 'fire polish' firing - the enamel popped off the second earring. <br />It didn't exactly pop off - more like it peeled away from the edges and blobbed in the middle of the cloisonnes.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkgvmLSp5cF2FLT3ZvzkjXYcvCHhlPcnD3DtB0POKMahp0voZJREvAHop-Yidjn35l0C0cuCEOQ8gVA_9UwTD-4AamsgMlToAJMIGsgw5GQ2FKiuGJ_PkpzLrFVUzvTPctJIPoVa8tdwk9/s450/pair_six.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="450" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkgvmLSp5cF2FLT3ZvzkjXYcvCHhlPcnD3DtB0POKMahp0voZJREvAHop-Yidjn35l0C0cuCEOQ8gVA_9UwTD-4AamsgMlToAJMIGsgw5GQ2FKiuGJ_PkpzLrFVUzvTPctJIPoVa8tdwk9/w200-h200/pair_six.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p>I suspect I ground the enamel down too thin. Can't think of a different explanation. </p><p>Obviously I was very disappointed, because otherwise it had seemed to go well. </p><p>I will be more careful in future and not grind so enthusiastically.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIGA_J3E8D4-ekIDK-bbpqs9Rvuq5Js_WoWWJ0jx5C-Uj__WkHdbr6GD9l-Is5C-_x2G0vqrOPuhxla4l-IiI0czI74Q0Ic_gTViW8DSIlu_DizADE7qhGwXSs-m0Ch6AUtfTZrVSCpOAJ/s450/pair6inprogress.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="338" data-original-width="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIGA_J3E8D4-ekIDK-bbpqs9Rvuq5Js_WoWWJ0jx5C-Uj__WkHdbr6GD9l-Is5C-_x2G0vqrOPuhxla4l-IiI0czI74Q0Ic_gTViW8DSIlu_DizADE7qhGwXSs-m0Ch6AUtfTZrVSCpOAJ/s320/pair6inprogress.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pair Six in progress<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p>------------------------------------------</p><p>What I have learned so far from making all these earrings:</p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Enamelling is very labour intensive.</li><li>There are no shortcuts. </li><li>You have to do things in the correct order.</li><li>Keep workspace clean and tidy. </li><li>Improvising only works sometimes.</li><li>Keep notes - you won't remember which colours you used if you don't write things down.</li></ol>Cloisonne is good for practicing because it is direct - you don't need to plan that much in advance (as in etch the silver first for basse-taille for example) so I will probably continue but I'll probably do different designs next week.<p></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM7F0FEJCy_PK34dASR7I6f7fvN0a7n0KAOrP7oYF7PPmG_DWEmQxojeB0EiCB7RYyC3JgNB7ZCxodsDnJ98esAiTPHsqEFhyR9hM1AiTqDBkKsHXNnGcm64ZrimARi19yYJfO2J8DFV0v/s450/blobofmoltensilver.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="450" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM7F0FEJCy_PK34dASR7I6f7fvN0a7n0KAOrP7oYF7PPmG_DWEmQxojeB0EiCB7RYyC3JgNB7ZCxodsDnJ98esAiTPHsqEFhyR9hM1AiTqDBkKsHXNnGcm64ZrimARi19yYJfO2J8DFV0v/s320/blobofmoltensilver.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nice blob of molten fine silver<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>Tania Covohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07022935063021294931noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376913941614472935.post-46312044993019357072020-11-22T10:07:00.008+00:002020-11-22T10:24:53.509+00:00Spiral Earrings Numbers Three and Four<p>Today I made two pairs of spiral earrings, one larger, one smaller, with differing results. </p><p> As I (still) don't have any thick fine silver sheet, I made my own in the rolling mill by melting fine silver scraps and rolling them out. </p><p>I textured the base of both pairs with a scribe, fused the frames on, added jump rings of course, and cleaned them well with a glass brush and ultrasonic cleaner.</p><p>I was going to use different colours, but ended up deciding to use the same ones because I want to get these right. Eventually.</p><p>I adjusted the design by doing a loose spiral, and having it start at the bottom. I used thin cloisonne wires not the thicker wires I used on the last pair. Not sure why as I prefer the thicker wire...</p><p>It all worked beautifully on the first pair - but disaster struck as the first colour I used went cloudy after the second firing. There are two reasons this might have happened. </p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>I used recycled fine silver, and there may have been some solder or other impurity in the metal that reacted with the enamel.</li><li>Using Blue Gum glue to stick on the cloisonne wires. Although I doubt that as it would have affected all the colours, not just the pale blue I think...</li></ol><p></p><p>What I should have done, and I just thought of it now, was to put some fine silver foil over the cloudy mess and it would have fixed it. What I DID do was continue as normal adding layers of the bad colour, thinking it may just sort it self out in the kiln. It didn't.</p><p>One day I might grind out that horrible mess and try and fix them, but here they are. Very nice apart from that bad colour right in the middle.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFqz0vaHyuyEkChbTrvMqzn6_makf7yROxmC3qeEA6er1Kn-yypg36JYfkVVZGX1YyaoRAIGVvj4_oL28aC7DcWWMeumDL76Rt9QtsQXJNkMP9reqr-bwqXT6OI41yoyatf9Ai86QwoGrC/s450/Spirals_Pair3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="272" data-original-width="450" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFqz0vaHyuyEkChbTrvMqzn6_makf7yROxmC3qeEA6er1Kn-yypg36JYfkVVZGX1YyaoRAIGVvj4_oL28aC7DcWWMeumDL76Rt9QtsQXJNkMP9reqr-bwqXT6OI41yoyatf9Ai86QwoGrC/w320-h193/Spirals_Pair3.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pair #3<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p>I was very careful not to use that colour on the second, smaller pair. </p><p>I also enamelled and fired both earrings at the same time to save time and to make them a bit more similar to each other. All in all they worked out much better, my only complaint is that the colours are layed out a bit wrong - the pale blue is very similar in tone to the silver so the spiral is not very visible, and I should have thought about that.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi42txCduCQAH-VF3TZfI5vNjZkmHtJj8AX7imO4TXcyIhVok-hE8JrGyPEQzCpOQQwbq7ySFRN6HhbpRzPyM8Ex1ASA6R9Y2LxP6FsPzMC5KgFlaS_qsttwM772OMz3o1QhdvvxkFzedAZ/s450/Spirals_Pair4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi42txCduCQAH-VF3TZfI5vNjZkmHtJj8AX7imO4TXcyIhVok-hE8JrGyPEQzCpOQQwbq7ySFRN6HhbpRzPyM8Ex1ASA6R9Y2LxP6FsPzMC5KgFlaS_qsttwM772OMz3o1QhdvvxkFzedAZ/s320/Spirals_Pair4.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pair #4</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br />Note to self - grind down the edges before enamelling in future!!! <br />(I did them after and things got a bit uneven.)</p><p>Here are all of this series so far, and a work in progress shot of one of the third pair, before the disaster.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdRm1ScYCjqoIjxWV7TgklbfalG3wlcs1Mvl3z2ZwmS30F6MqM5QFTBmbFf-Xk-Mx341s7fyWLCO-DkgdyeyZCjElajBxkXvVtLM063-LxsH_c3vXaSjEYUjEdQ0kS8nmIVjKNvJI976wT/s874/allsofar.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="874" data-original-width="450" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdRm1ScYCjqoIjxWV7TgklbfalG3wlcs1Mvl3z2ZwmS30F6MqM5QFTBmbFf-Xk-Mx341s7fyWLCO-DkgdyeyZCjElajBxkXvVtLM063-LxsH_c3vXaSjEYUjEdQ0kS8nmIVjKNvJI976wT/w206-h400/allsofar.jpg" width="206" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Many hours of work!</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5hOTqkFEQRz53Q3ylrCxL7t6GAv7R7Xq-nXVeg2gnA6e9AAUzPNczwaxOLiGiDZVHLGqJ6-Hyh0GUEKomlWwygur6TOpJ73JVEtXD9XJ9TBRTGejd-vkfJ1VSIPgG9SLo0nbd_5m60L4x/s450/Pair3inprogress.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="450" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5hOTqkFEQRz53Q3ylrCxL7t6GAv7R7Xq-nXVeg2gnA6e9AAUzPNczwaxOLiGiDZVHLGqJ6-Hyh0GUEKomlWwygur6TOpJ73JVEtXD9XJ9TBRTGejd-vkfJ1VSIPgG9SLo0nbd_5m60L4x/s320/Pair3inprogress.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If only that lovely middle colour hadn't spoilt... <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Tania Covohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07022935063021294931noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376913941614472935.post-85843475113627231852020-11-21T11:23:00.002+00:002020-11-21T11:24:55.835+00:00Third Attempt at Spiral Earring<p> This is the pair of the earring I did in the last post.</p><p>I made the spiral a lot looser, so that the gradient of colours is more visible than the metal. I prefer this one. I added a touch of yellow that looks golden in the light. </p><p>You can see tiny air bubbles that are trapped inside - something I need to work on. </p><p>Overall I felt I had more control over the process with this one, so that's good I think.</p><p>It is counter enamelled so no cracks on the surface - also good. </p><p>I might continue making this earring design until I get it right :-) </p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9_OfPPt2qweZbvsFu6xzCvwIhJquVUTUr5mxwRyNDKikwioN2gpLDKVj-B3gSGhzniwW2XcPr2v_jjEf4mSDFTpslfITxv8yt6iV7ipO4FxW1pSSh1hZC-OPpBh-ZKMvdczIURnnDXT_g/s450/thirdattemptspiral_1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="450" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9_OfPPt2qweZbvsFu6xzCvwIhJquVUTUr5mxwRyNDKikwioN2gpLDKVj-B3gSGhzniwW2XcPr2v_jjEf4mSDFTpslfITxv8yt6iV7ipO4FxW1pSSh1hZC-OPpBh-ZKMvdczIURnnDXT_g/s320/thirdattemptspiral_1.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />Two layers of the green but it still went a bit too dark. <br />I like that you can see the scratches I made on the silver through the enamel.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>Tania Covohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07022935063021294931noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376913941614472935.post-34226285490195213612020-11-20T11:04:00.002+00:002020-11-20T11:04:22.873+00:00Second Attempt at Spiral Earring<p> This time I soldered on a sterling silver edge as I don't have any fine silver handy. I just wanted to see if I could get the wires to stay in place this time, and have another go. I also soldered on earwires but lower down so they don't get in the way when I grind down the enamel.</p><p>I didn't do a layer of clear first, just put the wires straight in and started filling the cells. Probably not the correct way of going about things but - it worked ok. I used quite thick fine silver wire (not cloisonne wire) as I like the look of the metal against the glass. </p><p>However in this case I think t he spiral was too tight, and gets in the way of the blending of the colours. So I didn't do the second earring - I will reduce the spiral and try it that way maybe tomorrow. </p><p>I didn't counter enamel this one yet either, and I suspect this is why there is some cracking in the enamel.</p><p>More work to be done on this then, I'll take photos after as well to see how another firing has changed the colours, and maybe fixed the cracking.</p><p>I only did three colours in this one. One the first pair I used about five different colours that I had lying around, but they got used up.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqjXL4kfTcU8IY3Fr27EB4h63hmDdwYO-KktRmXvGcVRHWMME9bFahCm44QYp7YOisNiZToiXOGRI4pL_ZWh2lDy9-OCW3q0_vLgLGoBbK4MlNo7HnaCzMhOsq7dDbZ4rGA0ipz8u110wE/s450/secondattemptspiral_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="450" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqjXL4kfTcU8IY3Fr27EB4h63hmDdwYO-KktRmXvGcVRHWMME9bFahCm44QYp7YOisNiZToiXOGRI4pL_ZWh2lDy9-OCW3q0_vLgLGoBbK4MlNo7HnaCzMhOsq7dDbZ4rGA0ipz8u110wE/s320/secondattemptspiral_2.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Tania Covohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07022935063021294931noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376913941614472935.post-56296729158500916382020-11-19T09:17:00.006+00:002020-11-19T09:17:47.563+00:00Another Cloisonne Project - "Simple" Earrings<p> Another few hours of learning - I decided to make a pair of earrings from a tutorial by Sandra MeEwen. <br />It was so I could learn her techniques without worrying about design - I pretty much just followed her sample.</p><p>A pair of simple round cloisonne spirals, in blue and green. </p><p>I tried fusing fine silver for the first time, using some fusing solution made from Copper Acetate and Klyr Fire (instructions on YouTube). First attempt went wrong as I forgot you are meant to do the fusing from below, but the second time (after re-making the components I had melted) it worked just fine. </p><p>In the tutorial the earrings were made with holes for the ear wires. I decided to make things difficult for myself and soldered on jump rings. This made the grinding much trickier, and eventually brought about the demise of one of the earrings. </p><p>Anyway - it all went quite well and I was especially happy learning Sandra's finishing techniques, which will be very useful. </p><p>My main mistake though was that I used silver that was too thin, so when I ground down the excess enamel and wires, the remaining enamel was very thin. She used 0.8 mm sheet, I only had 0.5 mm. </p><p>The first earring came out reasonably ok apart from being too thin. </p><p>The second earring was ok until the jump ring fell off, and I tried to solder it back on. That made most of the enamel turn black... </p><p>Lovely. Not.</p><p>The other lesson I learned was that I need to use gum to stick the cloisonne wires in place before putting in the kiln, as they moved out of place when I set them down. I did a 'creative workaround' with the design (on the second, doomed earring) but that shouldn't have happend. </p><p>I might try again, this time with the correct thickness of silver, and see if I get a better result. </p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLK6K2H319GprDT5IO0zI-9kqd5eGgJohWE-ETlphEHo1P1RUNW-kDV-mgSQHCCPwWlU3URcd79vutWCemMEBbAaIk9ESLyu1jSSkz0GXmaOXR80jt-gKeqq0E89ieLQN3UzIXnOeld7JH/s450/sm_earrings_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="267" data-original-width="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLK6K2H319GprDT5IO0zI-9kqd5eGgJohWE-ETlphEHo1P1RUNW-kDV-mgSQHCCPwWlU3URcd79vutWCemMEBbAaIk9ESLyu1jSSkz0GXmaOXR80jt-gKeqq0E89ieLQN3UzIXnOeld7JH/s320/sm_earrings_1.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The better one on the left<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHBhxyMYv3nZXlnFnbThLhXSwJ1PHF9rkSsofUUgDyvA3Il3PoMnMcTHU13XEx52AVUFQxmPd4S1COvJOZrwMF3aO-BnhLMMTCqehgiE-TkrI5j6qqsop5qSfHa-xsX0V5eBg_fA8gJgCV/s450/sm_right.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="450" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHBhxyMYv3nZXlnFnbThLhXSwJ1PHF9rkSsofUUgDyvA3Il3PoMnMcTHU13XEx52AVUFQxmPd4S1COvJOZrwMF3aO-BnhLMMTCqehgiE-TkrI5j6qqsop5qSfHa-xsX0V5eBg_fA8gJgCV/s320/sm_right.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Close-up of the better sample<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3n10MFpXejB_gVQOBM155_iVmrJRMtrl90tY9mVXQxPszl9bhS0oxjUOPES52JEC4fmEA_OmSBhEfXvpGzv22oDUNuddg3ytQE9QKrJu06mSqiRd2h3xmlJmaIX0d-V78zHhZj8p7w3nU/s450/sm_wrong.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="450" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3n10MFpXejB_gVQOBM155_iVmrJRMtrl90tY9mVXQxPszl9bhS0oxjUOPES52JEC4fmEA_OmSBhEfXvpGzv22oDUNuddg3ytQE9QKrJu06mSqiRd2h3xmlJmaIX0d-V78zHhZj8p7w3nU/s320/sm_wrong.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Close-up of the doomed sample<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Tania Covohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07022935063021294931noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376913941614472935.post-45520473324285897022020-11-07T16:14:00.004+00:002020-11-07T16:15:56.264+00:00Second Cloisonne<p> Since I had some colours already washed and prepared, I decided to do another cloisonne with them, but in a different pattern.</p><p>Then I decided to try and give both a satin finish, which caused some problems. </p><p>I had to refire the first one a few more times, which caused some banding in the reds (probably overfired).</p><p>I did manage to get a lovely tactile satin finish on both, but at the cost of transparency - not sure that's a good thing.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitFzFFeG-h7Gx5AbVF56WAqTK38xbp90WmdxtU9QJApJanfe4k38os4kZWDApQnqmtP8TcrRqbwRCF8DFV_Rj_sjohNwyOZdBDM5H-ylfpmKsuQJEPNncPZNnwwTr25yVHGUCWf8oC1c8-/s350/both_cloisonne2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="226" data-original-width="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitFzFFeG-h7Gx5AbVF56WAqTK38xbp90WmdxtU9QJApJanfe4k38os4kZWDApQnqmtP8TcrRqbwRCF8DFV_Rj_sjohNwyOZdBDM5H-ylfpmKsuQJEPNncPZNnwwTr25yVHGUCWf8oC1c8-/s320/both_cloisonne2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The one of the left is my second attempt. I learned that using clear underneath grey isn't good, when I stoned down the enamel I was left with a bit of a cloudy mess where the layers were uneven. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I might not do much more cloisonne, I prefer champleve and basse taille.</div><br /><p><br /></p>Tania Covohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07022935063021294931noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376913941614472935.post-76858222553276236322020-11-04T00:29:00.003+00:002020-11-04T09:01:59.208+00:00First Attempt at Cloisonne on Silver<p>Sadly lockdown is looming and my enamel classes have cancelled for the time being.<br />This means I will have to continue working on my own,<br /></p><p>I saw a tweet a couple of days ago that caught my attention. It said:</p><p><b>You'll never be good at anything if you're not willing to be bad at it first. </b></p><p>This is very true - so I'm taking this to heart and giving myself permission to make mistakes and ugly pieces. I will still hopefully learn something in the process.</p><p>Cloisonne isn't really my thing, but I wanted to try - it involves making cells from very thin wire, then filling the cells with enamel. </p><p>This piece is 2cm in diameter and I have used two different wires, thicker and thinner.</p><p>The colours are orange, hematite and yellow. Fired at 810C.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDRyhjsaugZu4O7J8wPpe7HReJX2LsL6h1j4YAHnmRFSn3-S5aefJw26GRHSPIWb7kUHC3Bv-RWkGyiI6r8NxlV3XwZXY352ZoB9Cn146f2StaKZlxxIjURdyh-VNWf8BC_sOsNrntMbdg/s478/myfirstcloissone.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="478" data-original-width="450" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDRyhjsaugZu4O7J8wPpe7HReJX2LsL6h1j4YAHnmRFSn3-S5aefJw26GRHSPIWb7kUHC3Bv-RWkGyiI6r8NxlV3XwZXY352ZoB9Cn146f2StaKZlxxIjURdyh-VNWf8BC_sOsNrntMbdg/s320/myfirstcloissone.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have learned from this that the design was wrong - it was near impossible to get enamel into the tiny triangle spaces at the the bottom of the yellow circles. I should have made the circles smaller and left more space around them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Also - orange is very dark in three layers but yellow is better. <br />I'll try and take another photo in the winter morning light tomorrow. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here is a close up of the piece, on the tip of my finger (it's not a big piece).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEaCZJ3wmAoh7UiFO9A99uIC-fwSdCRxXg1Jln3ZfNZ0qrO3cqMb0lrKCCnL8GzIGmxicVEjFZi9OIvxS_bL8a0C2C9uXynw4gFd5pADokxYi9kyHCOLS_3_Kv1xR2fN7d2O19xh6oOuDm/s450/myfirstcloissone_closeup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="405" data-original-width="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEaCZJ3wmAoh7UiFO9A99uIC-fwSdCRxXg1Jln3ZfNZ0qrO3cqMb0lrKCCnL8GzIGmxicVEjFZi9OIvxS_bL8a0C2C9uXynw4gFd5pADokxYi9kyHCOLS_3_Kv1xR2fN7d2O19xh6oOuDm/s16000/myfirstcloissone_closeup.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There is some cracking in the red (orange), not sure why that is. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Tania Covohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07022935063021294931noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376913941614472935.post-11907973005728243562020-10-25T19:47:00.005+00:002020-10-26T00:38:03.478+00:00Anglo Saxon Inspired Pendant<div class="separator"><br /></div><p> I felt brave today so I decided to enamel my etched Anglo Saxon inspired pendant. </p><p>I did two layers of SOJE 239 Light Turquoise. It needs another layer but the colour is deep enough and I don't want to make the same mistake as on the hamsa earrings, so I will need to add a last layer of clear. </p><p>The clear (flux) scares me a little so I will wait for my lesson and do that under the supervision of my tutor. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYXOPnE7Bc73ahCJrPW2CX0orMNoUYfZhdBMpxm-Xf_4xXHdnQypGnueDEiizZ0QWICmwx5-r8wvjmWwgRjIjgw8UQRtuxOA2ZNGPxSdZOEkBZXZJ6kSfOs_ZqnfZYUM7Fcdrq0TzM97e9/s450/anglosaxon_wip_1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="450" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYXOPnE7Bc73ahCJrPW2CX0orMNoUYfZhdBMpxm-Xf_4xXHdnQypGnueDEiizZ0QWICmwx5-r8wvjmWwgRjIjgw8UQRtuxOA2ZNGPxSdZOEkBZXZJ6kSfOs_ZqnfZYUM7Fcdrq0TzM97e9/s320/anglosaxon_wip_1.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1st layer of enamel applied and ready for the kiln<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgNCr6mjNrUsgnqmmFB2Ccgly9w8e4lzn60700JYmTXxC6i009zErmBpuhNI9Xxrzzv-E3y4vupDmMLrjog7s-jkCxywkn51oRw0wrNWu69pN8XpB3ATTl-oaX8Ws-_KVVjVx41Ozm3xnH/s458/anglosaxon_wip_1a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="458" data-original-width="450" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgNCr6mjNrUsgnqmmFB2Ccgly9w8e4lzn60700JYmTXxC6i009zErmBpuhNI9Xxrzzv-E3y4vupDmMLrjog7s-jkCxywkn51oRw0wrNWu69pN8XpB3ATTl-oaX8Ws-_KVVjVx41Ozm3xnH/s320/anglosaxon_wip_1a.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1st firing - nice and shiny pattern</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0BihSP976zyw3Kv2y4sd7JWRXzKHsUFWDmlzbhJd4SHbWAXHKNwX5mif6Ww4NzB2T7khlkg1Bt7wmcdjuMetZBqkzOHpfqM8u2jrn37JcTzOogbPCRzPYmo5ASerp8IuM196srK6HxVjE/s450/anglosaxon_wip_2a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="450" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0BihSP976zyw3Kv2y4sd7JWRXzKHsUFWDmlzbhJd4SHbWAXHKNwX5mif6Ww4NzB2T7khlkg1Bt7wmcdjuMetZBqkzOHpfqM8u2jrn37JcTzOogbPCRzPYmo5ASerp8IuM196srK6HxVjE/s320/anglosaxon_wip_2a.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After two layers of enamel, and silver cleaned up.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Tania Covohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07022935063021294931noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376913941614472935.post-24739197990972115492020-10-23T12:49:00.004+01:002020-10-23T19:28:44.604+01:00My Hamsa Earrings - Finished!<p>These pieces of etched silver were soaked in glass etching solution for two weeks and brushed twice daily with a glass brush, to get rid of the first attempt at enamel that I didn't like.</p><p>Yesterday I had another go - I chose a beautiful deep turquoise (Celeste). The colour came out a bit too deep in my opinion, and looks a bit greenish - but I prefer them to my first attempt, and I'm not going to de-enamel them again, so I am calling these done.</p><p>The etching is quite deep so 3 layers of turquoise was just a bit much - I probably should have used some clear enamel instead of the third layer of color.<br />Live and learn.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhys8lxhS5Ll2tPEEpDB6xR9b6l-VLhQJHC_lWrEMiVMyfAsDDOtS6XlCmzH5bfT1fADeIy_7FyfEfXJpuvlW0oFzHpIFDBR0vd4wTqOAg_wsWN1x82rcUtu74T_wMd9TCmTmpFgqiriFDA/s450/hamsas.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="450" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhys8lxhS5Ll2tPEEpDB6xR9b6l-VLhQJHC_lWrEMiVMyfAsDDOtS6XlCmzH5bfT1fADeIy_7FyfEfXJpuvlW0oFzHpIFDBR0vd4wTqOAg_wsWN1x82rcUtu74T_wMd9TCmTmpFgqiriFDA/s320/hamsas.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Tania Covohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07022935063021294931noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376913941614472935.post-13424633159896174062020-10-21T11:30:00.009+01:002020-10-21T11:32:43.524+01:00Anglo Saxon Inspired Disc for Enameling<p>This is what I prepared for enameling at today's lesson. <br />It is an Anglo Saxon inspired disc, which - if successful - will be a pendant. </p><p>Years ago I did an engraving course, and the tutor said that if you want to see what the engraving will look like with enamel on - pour on some washing up liquid. </p><p>So here is the piece with some Fairy Liquid to simulate enamel poured on top. Nice colour! <br />I wonder if I have something similar in my enamel collection?</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPdUpYs5FyzBsA4CdVzzynwtn6hzpikm_6M9PgGNLbLixihuZn1VTAP6WbbGwA8C8iGtE9HEJEYkEGRmrPct5gMeF-ufG06r1fJMUkvwalsuMav0dO_esEcH15Ij_PHqE_0mNCsYVmOfIP/s450/anglosaxon_washingupliquid.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="450" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPdUpYs5FyzBsA4CdVzzynwtn6hzpikm_6M9PgGNLbLixihuZn1VTAP6WbbGwA8C8iGtE9HEJEYkEGRmrPct5gMeF-ufG06r1fJMUkvwalsuMav0dO_esEcH15Ij_PHqE_0mNCsYVmOfIP/s320/anglosaxon_washingupliquid.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>Tania Covohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07022935063021294931noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376913941614472935.post-1687068546552763082020-10-21T11:07:00.004+01:002020-10-21T11:25:19.145+01:00Test Samples for Shades of Grey<p> Yesterday, at last, I made test samples for all (18) of my shades of grey enamel.</p><p>Grey is one of my favourite colours, and a few years ago, on my first enamel spree, I bought samples of many different shades of grey, as they all (mostly) sounded so beautiful (Mouse Grey?).</p><p>They were all fired directly on scraps of sterling silver - just so I could see what kind of colour to expect when I use them.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhtv9DeTr8AkdJf3AljL6yvOm_lgVOG1NXPJIGohz1iFM0Q_f4DyG9eyRqrE9IfGZDW7YUMJwBZzjyQyXRulUmqJ5uBn2wbZVIwscGX_84JUTBl7z1qFizyvIHuxr2D1nO19e8DULA1SWW/s500/18_shades_ofgrey.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhtv9DeTr8AkdJf3AljL6yvOm_lgVOG1NXPJIGohz1iFM0Q_f4DyG9eyRqrE9IfGZDW7YUMJwBZzjyQyXRulUmqJ5uBn2wbZVIwscGX_84JUTBl7z1qFizyvIHuxr2D1nO19e8DULA1SWW/w400-h300/18_shades_ofgrey.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>I did the firing for most of them at 810C, then at 820C for some of the harder shades (ones that have a higher firing temperature).</p><p>These were my favourite colours:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7-db5uoR9dGheQcUS6RGqLemuBPRDJ9Oq1EwOABpZZbPMSFLlrmy19crGG6RlI_S-8v7LYwrM3pZ7Qr635sCOUyF-oiN7pUyK352I-S0c-DHiEzrLZW2yni13Su-IzTq8UNCdYwuQCHbt/s533/green_grey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7-db5uoR9dGheQcUS6RGqLemuBPRDJ9Oq1EwOABpZZbPMSFLlrmy19crGG6RlI_S-8v7LYwrM3pZ7Qr635sCOUyF-oiN7pUyK352I-S0c-DHiEzrLZW2yni13Su-IzTq8UNCdYwuQCHbt/s320/green_grey.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZzWpljs-MxYv3hGmhz3pVnpVg97gda1GRV2-jFmHNPcQP35_5TPqsX8Zm13qyETg3cZ0DN5EtvxSeYlPsUeH2ZCZi93fD40kBpDVYA76sAmAPM7hWA_861js_8Uytlg3qdyNESLboAUCo/s533/misty_grey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZzWpljs-MxYv3hGmhz3pVnpVg97gda1GRV2-jFmHNPcQP35_5TPqsX8Zm13qyETg3cZ0DN5EtvxSeYlPsUeH2ZCZi93fD40kBpDVYA76sAmAPM7hWA_861js_8Uytlg3qdyNESLboAUCo/s320/misty_grey.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1pNi44hSWcpwnxEBF-95eO05F8yyLl57AI0lI7eJXt3pyOgsLcZ5ssDcqaXMpZo7HjQELbQvKKA95ldKXGfQukPL0eTh7xZkP0QhryM0Ic47hE79RRbJ8wQQSx3mIW5r9WmS9BjgEuXOY/s533/turquoise_grey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1pNi44hSWcpwnxEBF-95eO05F8yyLl57AI0lI7eJXt3pyOgsLcZ5ssDcqaXMpZo7HjQELbQvKKA95ldKXGfQukPL0eTh7xZkP0QhryM0Ic47hE79RRbJ8wQQSx3mIW5r9WmS9BjgEuXOY/s320/turquoise_grey.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And this is Mouse Grey - quite similar to Turquoise Grey... Perhaps a touch warmer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5BEGLQSra3kkMoGBiC-n4Fgj9rZ9dqe2Q9P20GOzZ289RCSNgL1zueCY3EIon7zbXhV9JQBaPsknD7Ofbw28B9Ze4hcVkNRgkBsGAJ5-hbf5GSCKPd_sds5kCtD4nyPFZZwgjVf5qX34w/s533/mouse_grey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5BEGLQSra3kkMoGBiC-n4Fgj9rZ9dqe2Q9P20GOzZ289RCSNgL1zueCY3EIon7zbXhV9JQBaPsknD7Ofbw28B9Ze4hcVkNRgkBsGAJ5-hbf5GSCKPd_sds5kCtD4nyPFZZwgjVf5qX34w/s320/mouse_grey.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Tania Covohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07022935063021294931noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376913941614472935.post-65526263357916823392020-10-21T11:02:00.001+01:002020-10-21T11:02:32.571+01:00Doming Metal for Enamel<p>Giving some shape to metal before you enamel it makes it stronger. <br />I learned how to shape copper pieces, then tried to enamel them. </p><p>The enameling was done by sifting, so it didn't stick well enough to the edges.<br />Putting the Klyr-Fire into a spray bottle (instead of applying with a brush) helped, but my technique needs some more work. </p><p>I wasn't trying to make finished pieces of jewellery here - I just wanted to see how the enamel looked on the various shapes. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkCMGF4UeBCtMJGbzhYpyfW-8K9vEg08-EllvzGsxDYwyJw86wZX4gj5db_U65WPj4f9cbU9rzLiZZ674EIm5hgE9VGwbtbmCF9mYem6k1xeJtRb8U-pVxaz_rIx8CiSS9D9vGlMPnSBmR/s400/domed_shapes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkCMGF4UeBCtMJGbzhYpyfW-8K9vEg08-EllvzGsxDYwyJw86wZX4gj5db_U65WPj4f9cbU9rzLiZZ674EIm5hgE9VGwbtbmCF9mYem6k1xeJtRb8U-pVxaz_rIx8CiSS9D9vGlMPnSBmR/s320/domed_shapes.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then there was the pig. I like the pig.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp31nsamy4lbGKG1RC1hpx95fqiVg7pWKYUAYIckaff-FznhQy3HWBU6aMacydrTh_J24yOuONf4ZLQhMsfliN9VOMQ5sr33q1Dkkt1RZI-zoDyNSkaeWF9UnS1PfXdulw-9ByznF5YFUp/s200/pig_small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp31nsamy4lbGKG1RC1hpx95fqiVg7pWKYUAYIckaff-FznhQy3HWBU6aMacydrTh_J24yOuONf4ZLQhMsfliN9VOMQ5sr33q1Dkkt1RZI-zoDyNSkaeWF9UnS1PfXdulw-9ByznF5YFUp/s0/pig_small.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6agt8us3n5DukEZUAMVjl5YT5WdhyphenhyphenIVmuG43TZzd9DY4Zs8i91fW5iNuP9w9QM5dVA-vKH4k1p7S0n_y51hrquqLd0I8ITMgWCx09eXEG9FbSkG1N1oDpnxVv1Dw-dgikX04bPnjCFpb1/s250/pig_small_side.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="118" data-original-width="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6agt8us3n5DukEZUAMVjl5YT5WdhyphenhyphenIVmuG43TZzd9DY4Zs8i91fW5iNuP9w9QM5dVA-vKH4k1p7S0n_y51hrquqLd0I8ITMgWCx09eXEG9FbSkG1N1oDpnxVv1Dw-dgikX04bPnjCFpb1/s0/pig_small_side.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>The copper sheet I used was 0.5mm - so quite thin. I haven't really tried this with silver or thicker metal. </p>Tania Covohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07022935063021294931noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376913941614472935.post-37786137113761469812020-10-20T22:41:00.004+01:002020-10-21T11:02:49.938+01:00Enamel Again<p>Once a year it seems, I get an urge to try something new. </p><p>Last year (time flies, even in a ''pandemic'') it was all about collages. <br />This year - I'm back to my old love - enamel. <br />I have found a teacher that will help me try out my ideas, and hopefully get some good results.</p><p>First project - a revisit of the 'hamsa' I made a long time ago. This time I wanted to make a pair of earrings. <br />I learned a new method of etching on silver which is less messy and annoying than the way I had previously been taught. The etching went well. The enamelling - not so much. </p><p>But - never let a crisis go to waste! I learned that one can remove bad enamel by soaking the pieces in matting salts. It took two whole weeks (brushing off the etched layer with a glass brush twice a day) but finally - it has all disolved, and I can try again.</p><p>The video was taken before the enamelling mishap.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxVI8gSgWx6ky2qaG37ELtQbvJz6BaKUe0QvniUsdQeVWSkfEAT0xRi_QYCJwaa7L88znOiAOKxmDnQEJ1VDg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Tania Covohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07022935063021294931noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376913941614472935.post-83934187299720746212019-10-25T23:03:00.000+01:002019-10-26T00:00:13.601+01:00Collage a Day - The Grand Finale - Day 100Mixed feelings! On one hand I'm absolutely exhausted, and my brain seems to have been wrung dry. On the other hand - it was lots of fun, I learned tons, and I have certainly improved my collage and Photoshop skills.<br />
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Some days the images just flowed effortlessly out of my hands, other days I struggled, but persisted until I was happy enough, or falling asleep.<br />
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I will probably take a short break from collaging and go back to making jewellery, but I do want to continue making art, and hopefully I will!<br />
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Me and my strange collection of googly eyed creatures, in a group photo, taken in one of my favourite collages - the one I did on day 91.<br />
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<br />Tania Covohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07022935063021294931noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376913941614472935.post-527200520114566462019-10-24T22:12:00.000+01:002019-10-24T22:12:02.188+01:00Collage a Day - Day 99/100Not that much time today, also had to dismantle my collage corner as I need the space for something else (only temporarily, it will be back) so a modest collage made on the coffee table in the living room.<br />
This was an idea I had to try - since it's soon Halloween and all that.<br />
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<br />Tania Covohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07022935063021294931noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376913941614472935.post-54340834608106236632019-10-23T23:02:00.000+01:002019-10-23T23:30:04.062+01:00Collage a Day - Day 98/100Today I tried to collage Madox my cat. I already know that it is very hard (for me) to capture the full character - but I had a good try.<br />
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At least it looks like a cat :-)<br />
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<br />Tania Covohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07022935063021294931noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376913941614472935.post-14252827575280692992019-10-22T23:15:00.000+01:002019-10-22T23:16:16.660+01:00Collage a Day - Day 97/100Today and ice-skating pigeon.<br />
There are two backgrounds for the pigeon, and can't decide which I prefer.<br />
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I did the top one first, then felt sorry for him having to skate on the roof of a gloomy inner city building.<br />
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So I moved him to a frozen lake in Somerset, where he seems happy enough.<br />
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