I dropped a saucer the other day and broke it. It really was unrepairable so I decided to make it into jewelry.
I turned it over, covered it with a paper towel and proceeded to bang on it with a hammer. It broke into a bunch of triangular pieces.
I used the hammer to gently break off the sharp pointy ends. Now comes the fun part.I used Renaissance Foil (a plastic gold leaf-like stuff) and hot glue to cover and gild the edges.
Apply the hot glue to one edge, then while it is still hot, place it on the dull side of the foil and fold the foil over. Gently rub the foil to insure complete coverage. The glue will spread a bit making a nice organic shaped frame.
Renaissance Foil used to be found in the gold leaf sections of most craft stores, but I guess it's somewhat out of favor now so unless you have some in your stash (or wish to order it online), you may have to use gold leaf (actually composition leaf). It is still stocked at Michael's. Use the same technique as above. In each case, if the foil/leaf does not stick in one area, simply apply more glue.
I looked in the box I have marked "metallic stuff" and found a gold leaf pen. Hmmm. Would this work as well? Again I ran a bead of hot glue around the edge of my china shard. This time I let it set up. I drew around the glue with the pen and wouldn't you know, it worked perfectly. The difference is that the edge is a little thinner as the glue hasn't been smashed.
So here you have 3 for the price of one tutorial. The shard on the left is done with Renaissance Foil, the one in the middle is with gold leaf and the right one is done with a pen. Take your choice.
Now you can glue a pinback on the back, drill a small hole at the top (use a drill bit for ceramic tile) or glue a bale at the top to hang on a chain. Epoxy or E6000 are good choices for adhering the bale and pinback.







































