In my exploration of adding color to metal, I came across the technique of using colored pencils and thought I would give it a try. Here is what I came up with:
To make this brooch, I started by sawing out a 20 ga square for the base and a thinner 24 ga shape for the dark tree in the foreground.
I hammered texture onto both pieces and formed the tree shape to have a series of ridges so the finished piece would be more 3-D. Then I sweat soldered them together.
For the pin mechanism, I soldered two copper tubes to one corner and a wire hook to the opposite corner.
This is what it looked like before I added the actual pin.
I used liver of sulphur to oxidize the copper, then cleaned it up by scrubbing with a brass brush.
I used prismacolor pencils to add some color. They are pretty subtle, which works in this case. If I wanted them to be more intense I would have painted a base layer of gesso first.
The final step was to use a rotary tool to scratch away the areas of the brooch where I wanted to shiny copper to peek through.
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