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ehrnst

(32,640 posts)
Mon Jun 3, 2019, 10:44 AM Jun 2019

Trying to find out what material was used here to create this texture

I'm working on a project that needs small ginko leaves, and found these earrings online.

I can recreate the leaves from soda bottle plastic, but don't know what this artist used to create the small raised lines on the leaves. It appears to be some kind of light green thick clear liquid piped on in very thin lines.

Does anyone have any ideas on what that liquid/application tool might be?







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Ohiogal

(35,159 posts)
1. Could it be
Mon Jun 3, 2019, 11:03 AM
Jun 2019

something like Mod Podge Dimensional Magic? It comes in a small bottle with a small tip opening. I have used it for jewelry projects before.

 

ehrnst

(32,640 posts)
6. I thought of that, but it requires heat to set it.
Tue Jun 4, 2019, 08:04 AM
Jun 2019

This is PET plastic, and looks like it has been shaped with heat prior to the lines being added.

Thanks for the suggestion!

Lars39

(26,263 posts)
3. I wonder if they're made from a 2liter bottle.
Mon Jun 3, 2019, 04:44 PM
Jun 2019

People are making amazing flowers from them.

 

ehrnst

(32,640 posts)
7. Good eye! The photo was found on a page for a workshop making jewelry using soda bottles.
Tue Jun 4, 2019, 08:06 AM
Jun 2019

I've made Dale Chihuly style sconces and door wreaths from heavier bottles that liquor comes in.

Lars39

(26,263 posts)
9. I bet those look lovely!
Tue Jun 4, 2019, 08:28 AM
Jun 2019

I'm still kicking myself for not going to see Chihuly's exhibit at Cheekwood a few years back.

Looking at those ginko leaves...the lines look like little trenches, like it's been "plowed". Of course, I've got bifocals that I can't see thru half the time...

 

ehrnst

(32,640 posts)
10. I don't have photos, unfortunately... I did them for a friend.
Tue Jun 4, 2019, 09:01 AM
Jun 2019

She's a landscape designer, and we bartered.

One was a holiday wreath with ice blue "tentacle/icicles" made from Pinnacle vodka bottles, with led lights underneath.

The other was a sconce modeled after this one, using plastic from dark blue and clear vodka bottles:



 

ehrnst

(32,640 posts)
8. I'm trying to find a resin that's thick enough to hold it's shape being piped.
Tue Jun 4, 2019, 08:21 AM
Jun 2019

All that I can find are pourable versions.

Ziggysmom

(3,635 posts)
15. I love any jewelry or art with Ginko leaves! Hope you find the materials and process used
Mon Feb 14, 2022, 04:11 PM
Feb 2022

for these.

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