Posted 8 years ago
kyratango
(439 items)
Last addition to the colorful enamel dragonflies!
Unmarked silver,7.6cm long, 5.2cm wide.
She arrived in pretty bad shape... Hinge peg was replaced by a simple bended sewing pin...
Rear left leg lacking... And, of course, consequent enamel damage...
Replaced the hinge peg with a piece of silver wire, shaped a leg from same silver wire and soldered it.
After a good clean and polish of the oxidised wings, redo of the enamel with 3D nail polish,
Permanent marker in blue and green, then a layer of top coat nail polish...
1 hour later here is the result :-D
Last pic is the growing group of the flashy Bzz Bzz.
And what a beautiful job you did! Happy dragonfly!
I agree with Bonnie-girl ~ nice restor, Tango! [;>)
Woooh, thank you Bonnie and Nevada for your kind compliment! I must say I'm rather proud of the result (not modest, uh...) :-D
As soon as I seen this I loved it then I noticed the damage & thought what a shame. After reading what a great job you have done it has come up a treat. thanks for your simple trick I will try & remember it you can hardly notice the difference. You would have to look hard.
More amazing restoration work, kyratango, just amazing! I love the last group, you have so many beautiful bzz bzzzes!!! Wonderful to see them, thanks for sharing them! :)
It has taken only one hour?! Amazing, and a great result.
Thank you Zowie for your nice comment!
Katherine, hubby thinks I'm crazy... One more again, he says, but you have plenty already!
Never enough!!!
Thank you!
Davyd, yes, longest was to wait for the nail polish to dry thoroughly!
Thank you :-)
Thanks for the loves, Bonnie, Caperkid, Nevada, Aura, Marga, Zowie, Kath, Trey, Phil and Jewels1900!
Wow!!! It's just beautiful.
Thank you Oldfashionedgirl, Bzzzz from the dragonfly ; -)
Stunning.
Bzzzz too Karen ;-D
You have mad restoration skills par excellence. Lovely brooch. I always go jewelry hunting after seeing your posts.
Wow....Now I figure you have to do a YouTube Video of one of your jobs so we can watch * A MASTER* at work. ~ Your amazing ~
Haha, Emme, another competitor, bidding war open :-) Thank you for your so kind comment!
Rose, no no You Tube videos of my restorations, no need to see my mess and hear gross words in French ;-D
Thank you my dear friend!
Great restore ! you saved her :-)
Yep, call me Doctor Bzz Bzz ;-D
Million thanks Mani!
Call me DR. of dolls <wink>
Wow...So many Doctors here !! Great to have all of you !!!!!
Hope we could meet at a congress of CW doctors, Rose!
You're THE dolls and manikins Doctor, Mani ;-)
Thank you Toni and Glassiegirl for your loves :-)
Thank you for loving the bzz bzz Trey and Hunter :-)
Wonderful restore ! You are a master of your craft Kyra :)
Oroyoroy (love your name, lol), thank you for your comment and make me discover the artist!
Valentino, dear friend, you're the Doctor of beads and bakelite Queen :-D
Thank you for your so nice comment!
Mike, thank you, you are the Master of Kindness ;-D
hi kyra
They look great.
Can I ask you though as a serious collector,how do you feel about restoring in this way? How old are the items and do think it affects the items value at all?
I'm only asking as a fellow collector, it's not a loaded question... :)
Hi Anne!
They are all early 20th century, I buy them broken or damaged for cheap.
A restored piece is higher than a broken one but far lower than mint ... But anyway I'm not intended to sell them :-)
My restore are mostly reversible, except for UV curing resin on plique a jour enamel!
Thank you for your interest and question :-)
Thank you Anna for the love :-)
Merci David, bzzzz bzzzz à toi :-)
Wow, well done on bringing this piece back to life - it is beautiful!
Oh, thank you Courtnay for your appreciation and so kind comment!
So much repairable old pieces are discarded because of their wounds...
Thank you for your visit and love, Destiny.Jennifer, ShakeThatThang, Midnight and Vintagelamp! :-)