Re: Newbie request for advice

On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 12:49:16 -0800, in rec.crafts.jewelry "-SP-" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

>> Peter, there is something else about the original image - to me, it
>>looks as though it could be some kind of black line under a dome of
>>coloured clear material, even a coloured glass cab maybe? The cartoon
>>image, with its highlights and reflections, looks like this to me. I'm
>>just thinking of the rings that may be produced here, gotta get it
>>right first.

It does indeed look domed, your right.  but I'm not sure I see it as the black
line being under much of anything.  Seems to me that it just looks black and
shiney or metallic.  thats why I thought just silver lines that could be
oxidized would be a good way to do it.  But if, as I suggested, the pink is
something like Ceramic or a similar resin (such as the more durable U.V. cured
things that are now out there, derived I think from the dental field), then it
seems like it would be easy to overcoat the whole thing, pink opaque parts AND
the oxidized silver lines, with a clear coat.   This would work just as well, or
better even, with vitreous enamels too.  And would have the advantage then of
protecting the black oxidation against wear, so it would stay black.   If one
wanted a real domed covering, then it would be of course possible to leave a
little bit of the recess to the overall design's edge, to be used as a bezel for
a quartz cab capping it.   But that would considerably complicate things, I
think.  What I was thinking is essentially just cloisonne enamel work, only with
cast in place cloisons, and perhaps the easier to use resins instead of vitreous
enamels.

Peter