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Recent activity8930 of 237900Just bought this nice moonstone necklace, any idea of maker?Late victorian agate cameo I enhanced!
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    Posted 10 years ago

    kyratango
    (439 items)

    Pic 1 : I bought this antique cheap brooch (silvered brass, C clasp) with enamel badly damaged, lacking eyes.

    Pic 2 : tried to match colors with permanent markers showed.

    Pic 3 : after U.V. hardening resin applied and ruby eyes glued.

    Pic 4 : finished! The opal was red tinted with marker before gluing it on the flat mother of pearl torso (I know, it is not serious! But I love super glue, lol)

    Any comment, even about the gluing part, are welcome :-D

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    Comments

    1. kyratango kyratango, 10 years ago
      Thank you Lisa! '<>'
    2. kyratango kyratango, 10 years ago
      Your suggestion is wise, I'll see what I can do.
      The opal was just a try...
      I have some (Mintabie I guess), they are not colorful, so it's stunning how they can be wonderfully enhanced with black or red marker applied on back!
    3. Manikin Manikin, 10 years ago
      Beautiful and you did a wonderful restore !
    4. kyratango kyratango, 10 years ago
      Thank you Mani, for your so kind comment :-)
    5. kyratango kyratango, 10 years ago
      Thanks for the loves too,Vetraio, Peasejean and Newtimes, sweet friends!
    6. kyratango kyratango, 10 years ago
      Thank you Phil for your support ;-)
    7. kyratango kyratango, 10 years ago
      Thank you Sean and Pops :-)
    8. kyratango kyratango, 10 years ago
      Thank you, ho2cultcha, bratjdd, Radegunder, nutsabotas6 !
      nuts, you're so kind, thank you for your love and comment!

    9. kyratango kyratango, 10 years ago
      Thanks Racer :-))
    10. kyratango kyratango, 10 years ago
      Thank you Wpj and Ginseng :-))
    11. antiquerose antiquerose, 10 years ago
      Super Job there!!
    12. kyratango kyratango, 10 years ago
      Tkx Foxterrier, Inky, Trey and AntiqueRose! :-))
    13. BelleEpoque BelleEpoque, 10 years ago
      I like the original mother of pearl, but the opal does enhance the piece, well thought!
    14. kyratango kyratango, 10 years ago
      Thank you BelleEpoque! Nothing permanent about the opal, can be removed without damage :-)
    15. kyratango kyratango, 9 years ago
      Thank you so much toenail! Thanks musikchoo for loving :-)

    16. kyratango kyratango, 9 years ago
      You may have a look to other work there:
      http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/119256-janvier-quercia-more-art-nouveau-plique
    17. kyratango kyratango, 9 years ago
      Love your comment, FanciGirl :-D
    18. kyratango kyratango, 9 years ago
      Thank you lisa for loving it :-)
    19. kyratango kyratango, 9 years ago
      Thank you valentino, everybody can do that!
      I showed it to encourage jewels lovers to do salvage on their drawer's junk ;-)
    20. kyratango kyratango, 9 years ago
      Thanks Lourdes and Austrohungaro!
    21. kyratango kyratango, 9 years ago
      Thanks to the 30 lovers, amazing! ;-)
    22. DrFluffy DrFluffy, 9 years ago
      Oooh... I just bought one like this and it's missing a bit of the enamel... I will post it soon.
    23. kyratango kyratango, 9 years ago
      On this one (a first try!) I didn't apply the perlized nail polish as first layer. The effect would be far better with it :-/
      Remember you can wipe off with aceton if not satisfied BEFORE it is dry...
    24. Collectables59 Collectables59, 5 years ago
      Great project well done. I have just found and posted a dragonfly on CW I wonder what you think of it. Jenni has come back to me with great information and I was wandering what you think as well. Neil
    25. kyratango kyratango, 5 years ago
      Thank you Neil! :-D
      Going to see your dragonfly!

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