Black Gold
For quite some time, I’ve been buying and stashing brass animals in a cupboard at home, waiting for the day that I had enough to send off to the foundry. No, not to melt down for pocket money! I was dreaming of turning them black.
While I have nothing against a brass animal, I prefer less shiny objects, so I’ve had the foundry oxidise them, turning their shiny surface a heavy matt black, almost like cast iron, but with just a hint of gold beneath.
I’m crazy about the way they turned out! Take a look at these Before & After pics, and you’ll certainly agree that they’re much better this way. (And PS: No More Polishing Required!)
Find my Black Gold animals for sale in the Skinny laMinx shop at 201 Bree Street, Cape Town.
Janet Petousis
Fabulous idea .. They look beautiful.
Marian
Stunning, you are so talented!
Rose McClement
wow – when i first saw the image at the top it took me right back to the 70’s and 80’s when Printers Trays were hot stuff. My mom-in-law had a few of these tucked into her printers tray, some of which I have subsequently inherited. But having said that – my grandchildren have taken to them and now I have no clue where they are. But I love the transformation yours have undergone – brought it into this decade.
skinnylaminx
I LOVED my printers tray! Think it’s high time for a revival of that fad 🙂
Estelle Hudson
They do look much classier(?)!