How Do You Make Microscope Slide Jewelry?
Microscope slide jewelry mixes paper crafts with jewelry to create tiny works of wearable art, usually pendants or pins. They are made by pressing bits of decorative paper, ephemera, photographs, drawings or collage art between two sheets of 1×3-inch microscope glass, the kind used in scientific labs. The edges of the glass are framed with metal foil and soldered, a technique that requires advanced jewelry-making expertise. However, it’s also possible to make microscope slide jewelry without a soldering iron. This simplified approach uses only the most basic jewelry-making skills and supplies to create a microscope slide pendant necklace. Clean any fingerprints or dust from your microscope slides using the alcohol and paper towel. Place a microscope slide over each image to make sure they are the same size as the slide. Trim the edges, if necessary, using the craft knife or scissors. Place one of the images on your work surface, image side down. Apply a couple of drops of glue to the b
