Bottlecaps

[afmetalsmith]

I did these bottlecaps- especially the "Mars" one- out of a curiosity as to how much time and materials they'd take. They were a lot of fun to do, though, so I am encouraged and will probably make more- and, of course, would be happy to do commissions if anyone wanted such. :)

I am honestly not sure if the completely-fabricated version is sensible. It's at least double the work- probably triple- and I'm not sure that it really adds all that much to the end result. If there's interest, I will probably fabricate another one (using the lessons I learned in #1), and then get it cast. This would avoid a lot of the careful fabrication (and thus mean lower prices), while still allowing for almost infinite customization.

Comments

[afmetalsmith.livejournal.com]

The amethyst one is pretty permanently affixed to its bottlecap- I used serious epoxy on it. Still, the thing could be rinsed off with alcohol and put on another bottle without contaminating it.

I think if the sleeve just slipped loosely over the cap, it would be hard or impossible to open the bottle while it's on- you're right about that. However, I don't think rinsing with alcohol and letting it dry before transferring it is impossibly hard!

I will think about how- and if- I could make a cap-cover that allowed the bottles to open and yet was more easily changed from bottle to bottle.