How to Make Shard Jewelry
Shard jewelry is an art form using broken china and recycling it on to vases, jugs, tabletops and jewelry. It is an art that is very time consuming when looking for the right shards but completely unique in its look. It isn’t the simplest craft to master, but the end result is always exceptionally divine. Read on to learn how to make shard jewelry. Does this Spark an idea?
Things You'll Need
- Shards of glass or china
- Jewelry pieces
- Tools to score or smooth the glass
- Water grinder
- Copper foil
- Soldering iron
Instructions
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Go to antique stores and find the perfect old, broken china or glass for your jewelry. Find anyone trying to unload old, broken china.
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Check that the china or glass wouldn’t be more valuable whole. You might be able to resell them at a higher price then they would be broken up. Also you don't want to live with the fact that you broke up a piece of china with which you could have turned a hefty profit.
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Use a hammer to break up the china. Using a hammer breaks the plate immediately and into a lot of pieces. You can also drop the plate in a secured location, allowing the plate to break where it wants. This can help your plate make its own unique shapes. You might also choose to use tools to score your own shapes out of the china.
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Smooth the edges of the china or glass using a water grinder. This will keep you from cutting yourself when you handle the china or wear the jewelry.
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Wrap the pieces of china with copper foil and solder them together along the length of the seams. Attach them to the necklace, bracelet or whatever jewelry you are creating.
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Use steel wool to remove any dark copper-like patina that might appear. You have now made your own shard jewelry.
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Write on a card all the information you can on the china and tools you used. It will be interesting to those that either come across or want to buy your art.
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