I got some amount of titanium scales a while ago, but kind of forgot about them and didn't do much with them. But I found them last week and made a few bracelets to try out something.

Titanium heat-colors very nicely, I'd heard. So I took this bracelet and heated it over a flame until it just started to glow, then doused it. My understanding is, the heat makes the surface oxidize, and the thickness of the oxidation layer determines the way in which different colors of light reflect off of the surface. So in this case it colored to a cool purple-ish blue-ish color, with flashes of gold to orange near some of the tips of the scales.

I made a couple bracelets like this, and one of them sold at the craft fair I was at yesterday. I'll probably try to get some photos of this being worn in the next few days and post a listing up on Etsy for it.