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Post by melhill1659 on Apr 5, 2020 7:59:04 GMT -5

Since the quarantine I’ve given my self some time to play. I really enjoy designing my own texture plates so in the last few weeks I’ve been building my Electro Etching skills. I had some epic fails and some That’ll dos. I’m learning so much. Here’s some pics

Here is a group pic of some ready to go into the electrolyte solution (canning/kosher salt resolved in distilled water).

For my resist the green is Heat Transfer vinyl. The black is an old HP laser printer that I transfer custom designs onto cheap yellow heat toner transfer paper.
I’m still working and tweaking the toner ones. It works great on copper

These were made with the vinyl on Steel. It takes longer to etch large steel pieces.
Texture Plates:

Butterfly Whispers

Frilly Swirls

This next one really surprised me!! I had the toner on steel fail several times then I tweaked the amperage and this was the final result.

Playing Out West

It’s still not perfect but super excited it wasn’t a etching goopy mess!

Others that turned out I haven’t taken After pictures of.

Some equipment I Use.

Sorry so long!! Thanks for looking.

Sorry for not showing these sooner. This year has been a weird one!

Mel

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Post by opalpyrexia on Apr 5, 2020 8:27:37 GMT -5

Wonderful work! How do you intend to use them? Embossing paper or

Or print-making? The only etching that I ever did was in high school for making inked prints.

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Post by hummingbirdstones on Apr 5, 2020 8:58:12 GMT -5

Mel, thanks for posting this! Very interesting to see the new techniques your using. Do you use the salt/distilled water for both the copper and steel etching?

I love the butterfly and cactus ones! How do you create the designs you want to etch?

Robin

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MsAli misunderstood rock expert Member since October 2017 Posts: 11,455	TEXTURE PLATES for jewelry making UPDATED PICS 09/2020 Apr 5, 2020 9:35:11 GMT -5 1dave and melhill1659 like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by MsAli on Apr 5, 2020 9:35:11 GMT -5 These are awesome Mel!
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victor1941 driving up their electric bill Member since November 2011 Posts: 2,154	TEXTURE PLATES for jewelry making UPDATED PICS 09/2020 Apr 5, 2020 9:44:31 GMT -5 1dave and melhill1659 like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by victor1941 on Apr 5, 2020 9:44:31 GMT -5 These are very nice original designs and show excellent artistic balance!
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toiv0 has started giving rock gifts Member since November 2014 Posts: 3,306	TEXTURE PLATES for jewelry making UPDATED PICS 09/2020 Apr 5, 2020 10:31:30 GMT -5 1dave, melhill1659, and 1 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by toiv0 on Apr 5, 2020 10:31:30 GMT -5 Nice work Mel, my only attempts were of the epic failure ones.

NDK Cave Dweller Member since January 2009 Posts: 9,440	TEXTURE PLATES for jewelry making UPDATED PICS 09/2020 Apr 5, 2020 14:11:25 GMT -5 via mobile 1dave and melhill1659 like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by NDK on Apr 5, 2020 14:11:25 GMT -5 The plates themselves are works of art!
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RocksInNJ fully equipped rock polisher Member since September 2019 Posts: 1,895	TEXTURE PLATES for jewelry making UPDATED PICS 09/2020 Apr 5, 2020 20:24:39 GMT -5 1dave and melhill1659 like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by RocksInNJ on Apr 5, 2020 20:24:39 GMT -5 Those are awesome. Great job on them all and thanks for sharing.
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Post by melhill1659 on Apr 5, 2020 20:38:40 GMT -5

For some who are scratching their heads the plates are 1/4” to 3/8” thick steel. I etch them to imprint the design onto Silver-Copper-etc whatever the base metal I’m working with at the time. I was lucky because to use the heat transfer vinyl you’ll need to be able to work some sort of computer graphic program. I use Make The Cut. It’s old and not able to be updated. PLEASE DONT CRASH! You also need a vinyl cutter. I have a KNK Zing Air. There are some learning curves on both! I love designing. I’m going to give a quick summary for the rest.
ok this is getting to long
Go check this out. This is the handout my teacher gave us and has it for free on his website for all to use

bijoux-de-terre.com/jewelry/Handout%20-%20Electro-Etching%20Workshop.pdf

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Apr 5, 2020 8:27:37 GMT -5 opalpyrexia said:

Wonderful work! How do you intend to use them? Embossing paper or

Or print-making? The only etching that I ever did was in high school for making inked prints.

The sterling part of this ring was imprinted with a texture plate then used in jewelry making. Science is just cool!

Mel

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Apr 5, 2020 8:58:12 GMT -5 hummingbirdstones said:

Mel, thanks for posting this! Very interesting to see the new techniques your using. Do you use the salt/distilled water for both the copper and steel etching?

I love the butterfly and cactus ones! How do you create the designs you want to etch?

Same solution for everything except Silver and gold. I don’t work in gold much. I’m working on the Silver solution right now.
I find graphics on the internet. I can put several different graphics together in my program. Or freehand draw too.

Mel

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Apr 5, 2020 10:31:30 GMT -5 toiv0 said:

Nice work Mel, my only attempts were of the epic failure ones.

I took a week long class and I’m still tweaking. I GET IT!! The process is a little long so it’s easier for everyone to read the print out and let me answer questions when they arise 😂

Mel

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Post by fireforged on Apr 5, 2020 21:01:04 GMT -5

That is a really good handout!!!!!!!!!! Didn't read the whole thing yet but it seems to answer all my questions and then some. All kinds of possibilities.

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Post by hummingbirdstones on Apr 5, 2020 21:14:42 GMT -5

melhill1659 thanks for the answers and a big thank you for the workshop handout! I'll be reading it through in the near future.

This has been something I've been interested in but have never pursued.

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