Blossom heart

I did some more etching, this time just using a sharpie black felt tip pen. I drew blossom and leaves directly onto the silver sheet like so.....

 then covered the back with double sided strong sticky tape, stuck it to some polystyrene, and put it in the acid solution (ferric nitrate) for 2 hours. Neutralised with bicarb of soda, and then domed it slightly to make this pendant. As always I oxidised it in liver of sulfer - not keen on shiny bright silver, prefer an aged look - and here it is.....