PB Cohen Creations

I love the look of patinas, but I'm really too much of a perfectionist to enjoy the process. It's also pretty messy. This photo of my sink shows my typical setup for liver of sulfur (you can click on it for a big version). The small mug (no longer used for beverage consumption) is holding freshly-boiled water. The shallow plastic tub (no longer used for storing food) is holding the liver of sulfur solution, plus seven post earrings, post up.

Usually I string pieces onto small lengths of copper wire so I can easily dip them into the hot water, patina solution, and back again (and again and again) without getting my fingers either hot or colored by patina. But I can't figure out how to attach the wire to posts.

Maybe I could drill holes into a strip of metal, and hold the posts on with some plastic clutches (no longer to be used for anything but this task). Something like that.

At any rate, until I figure out something easier than dipping each post by hand, one by one by one by one by one, I don't think I'll combine a post design with a patina. No need to drive myself crazy, right?