Workin' on Wings!!!

OK...so I have a ton of information on wings...But when i started to work on them...well...NOTHING was working!  I began this wing thing frustrated...BUT then I started to flow!!   I  saw a picture of these wings done in a cool book called Enchanted Adornments by Cynthia Thornton. The Wings were shaped with wire...then  tissue paper was glued on the back..and then they were dipped in resin.  So I startted working on them...I didnt like the tissue paper idea...so i used angelina in a sheet...i cut around the edges after gluing...then hit it with the heat gun...it tightend the sheet around the wire, putting a few "pretty " holes in the wing and , pearlized it!  I took my wings a little farther and added some ornamental metal findings...I used two part resin , and then finished it off with vintage diamonds.  These wings are for a tiny doll..now I will base her clothing around the wings.

I did the second pair...wiring them also...but instead of the resin, i used triple thick glaze....

and for the third pair...I did not wire veins...I dipped the wing with findings glued in place,  in  melted Utee ...then after hardening, I added one more set of findings and diamonds .

The last pair is in progress...and this is the one i'm most excited about!  I read in the Jan/feb issue of somerset studio, an artist that uses a metal paint...and then a solution to rust it, and she uses it on most all surfaces...i'm thinking of vintage worn wings and crowns...ugh!!! the possibilities!!!    I was on a mission, where do i find this stuff...i go back to the magazine...she DOESNT TELL!!!  hmm...where...then ...i'm thinking...hey wait a minute...i think i have something like that...i search my shop...where is that stuff??!   FINALLY....I find it...I got it in the city last year...and never tried it...I got iron, bronze and copper metal paints...and green, blue, and aging dark patinas!!! hahahaha   so I tested it on a bad wing and a piece of clay!!!  OMGOSH...it works...I have rust!!!  so I wired a new shape wing and painted them...dried the paint...and then put the solution on and left it for tonight to "RUST"!!!   I think these are going to be Very Cool wings....