How Do You Etch Brass And Copper For Jewelry Making?
You love to make art jewelry and you are looking for new techniques to expand your metalsmithing and jewelry making skills. Etching copper allows you to add texture to your designs, whether incorporate the etched copper plate directly into your design, enamel over the copper or brass sheet or run the etched copper through a rolling mill to imprint your design on sterling silver or gold. This tutorial will explain the steps needed to etch a design onto copper or brass sheet metal. Step 1 jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery(‘#jsArticleStep1 span.image a:first’).attr(‘href’,’http://i.ehow.com/images/GlobalPhoto/Articles/5020608/GJDacetone_Full.jpg’); }); Clean with acetone. Clean the copper or brass sheet metal with acetone. Step 2 jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery(‘#jsArticleStep2 span.image a:first’).attr(‘href’,’http://i.ehow.com/images/GlobalPhoto/Articles/5020608/GJDDrawonBrass_Full.jpg’); }); Sketch on metal. Sketch out the design you want to etch onto the copper or br
