I decided to tackle the Treasure Boxes to Wear tutorial in the June 2011 Belle Armoire Magazine. I must say that it's my favorite magazine and I love their photography but... sometimes they truly need to focus a bit more on the how to and a bit less on the beautiful photography if the really think folks are going to make these things. The authors of these tutorials most likely write a whole lot more than actually gets into the magazine and I think they cut to much out of this particular tut. The tutorial was wrote by the very talented Denise Petersen of the
Reinvented Objects blog, if you get a chance go over and check out the rest of her amazing work.
There is a huge learning curve when trying to apply an even layer of solder to an curved object and to be honest I never did get it down and I gave up after about 8 tries. I did get 5 of this style to turn out but to be honest I wasn't that thrilled with the look for all the work it took. Although I loved Denise's mine were much less refined, I'll call them rustic. Here is what I ended up with from the tutorial.
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| Treasure Boxes 2" tall and very "rustic" |
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| Treasure Tube |
After trying to make a bunch of these I had an idea to just leave off the soldered outer coating. Although I love the look of it the fact was it just wasn't turning out like I wished it had, I would heat one spot to attach something and another piece would slide off. Once I did my own thing they turned out quite nice and yes, there are two boxes that say BITE ME for my friend Melissa of the blog
One-Earedpig Beads :) Now to turn them into some funky necklaces, photos to come.
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| My version of the Treasure Boxes that I'm going to call Treasure Tubes, 2" tall tip to tip |
