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Getting To Know Your Wire Before Making Jewelry Part II
Practicing is the key to becoming familiar with different types of
wire. The more you use them and try different types, the more you will learn the qualities of each type. This will Also allow you to gain knowledge of which type works best for different projects. The first type of wire is copper. This is a great choice to practice with. It is easy to find, especially at hardware stores and is affordable. It also looks great with earth tone beads. Galvanized is also a good type to practice with. It is a dull silver color. You often are able to find it also at your local hardware store. Sterling silver, which by the way is one of my favorites, is 92.50 percent pure silver. The word sterling is what indicates the amount of silver there is. The other part is a mixture of metal alloys. This part of the make up is what adds strength to the wire. Sterling makes beautiful jewelry, however it does tarnish. Fine silver is almost 100 percent pure silver. The actual percentage is 99.9. Since fine silver does not have as many alloys a sterling it is softer. The lack of alloys allows pieces made with fine silver to tarnish sliver. Keep in mind once you get in to the sterling silver and fine silver the cost goes up. Make sure you practice until you are comfortable working with wire before moving up. It is definitely less costly to make mistakes on the copper or galvanized wire. Amy The Painted House and More www.amyspaintedhouseandmore.com www.picturetrail.com/photos/aressa |
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Getting To Know Your Wire Before Making Jewelry Part II
Hi Amy;
While it's nice that you're sharing information with us, it's a little difficult to figure out what you're trying to say. What exactly are we supposed to be "practicing" with these different kinds of wire? I hope nobody gets too discouraged (or sick) trying to silver-solder galvanized (steel) wire. And when you tell us "The lack of alloys allows pieces made with fine silver to tarnish sliver." I get totally lost. A little proof-reading, as well as some more depth and specificity, would help these little articles a lot... Andrew Werby www.unitedartworks.com wrote in message ... Practicing is the key to becoming familiar with different types of wire. The more you use them and try different types, the more you will learn the qualities of each type. This will Also allow you to gain knowledge of which type works best for different projects. The first type of wire is copper. This is a great choice to practice with. It is easy to find, especially at hardware stores and is affordable. It also looks great with earth tone beads. Galvanized is also a good type to practice with. It is a dull silver color. You often are able to find it also at your local hardware store. Sterling silver, which by the way is one of my favorites, is 92.50 percent pure silver. The word sterling is what indicates the amount of silver there is. The other part is a mixture of metal alloys. This part of the make up is what adds strength to the wire. Sterling makes beautiful jewelry, however it does tarnish. Fine silver is almost 100 percent pure silver. The actual percentage is 99.9. Since fine silver does not have as many alloys a sterling it is softer. The lack of alloys allows pieces made with fine silver to tarnish sliver. Keep in mind once you get in to the sterling silver and fine silver the cost goes up. Make sure you practice until you are comfortable working with wire before moving up. It is definitely less costly to make mistakes on the copper or galvanized wire. Amy The Painted House and More www.amyspaintedhouseandmore.com www.picturetrail.com/photos/aressa |
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Getting To Know Your Wire Before Making Jewelry Part II
On Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:20:19 -0800, in rec.crafts.jewelry "Andrew Werby"
wrote: While it's nice that you're sharing information with us, Agreed. Always good when people share decent info with the group. ... it's a little difficult to figure out what you're trying to say. I'm guessing it's a choice of: 1. " have fun with wire. Here's some helpful info wherein I share my experience and enthousiasm for wire" or 2. " Visit my website please" (which suspicion is why I added a sort of tentative "Advert" tag to her subject lines to conform with the group charter) What exactly are we supposed to be "practicing" with these different kinds of wire? I hope nobody gets too discouraged (or sick) trying to silver-solder galvanized (steel) wire. And when you tell us "The lack of alloys allows pieces made with fine silver to tarnish sliver." I get totally lost. I'm betting on a simple typo, with "sliver" having been intended to be "slower". Make that substitution, and it makes more sense. Unfortunately, I only realized that after I approved and posted it, or I would have taken the liberty of doing her the favor of making the correction before posting it. A little proof-reading, as well as some more depth and specificity, would help these little articles a lot... Agreed. Peter |
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