I finally received the silver etchant via courier. I mixed some off memory and took a small piece of maybe 20 ga silver and drew a freehand pattern with sharpie. Taped off the back in the similar manner to which I do copper and placed it in the etchant. And waited. Checked and waited.
And waited.
And waited.
Have I ever mentioned I am not always a very patient person?
The tape was not sticking well and neither was the marker adhering, so I opted to remove the piece from the etchant to wash and view.
Not a deep etch, but good enough for my first go-round. I cut out 4 circles, 2 large, 2 small. Domed all 4, soldered a small piece of 20 ga wire to the back of each small dome and drilled holes in all 4 for jumprings. And here we have my week 35 piece.
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posted by Janice at 12:52