Copper and heat ( and a pheasant!?)

[Katia]

Hello,

I have been making a bit of beaded jewellery for the last year, but these past few days I started to experiment with copper.
I made this pendant. I need to buy needle files and saw a lot more of course! But I am quite happy with the results I got for the colours.( I used a butane torch )
I have been reading quite a lot about the best way to preserve the colours given by heat on copper and it looks like Renaissance wax is the way to go! Mine has just arrived. Woo-hoo! Quite curious to see how the colors will evolve.
The heart is 1/2 an inch high and 3/4 wide.

Here is also a picture of my latest engraving, which is almost finished. I think the height of the pheasant is 3 to 3.5 cm high but I should check again.