Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Copper Spells

I decided to experiment with copper wire, as I thought it would be a nice accent for some of my turquoise/coppery glass pieces. I was able to find square copper wire at Brandy Wine Jewelry Supply, so here is a set of earrings that will be headed to Coyote Creek this Saturday. I used the copper wire on a couple of pendants too.

I think it creates the nice warm effect I was going for. Right now I don't enjoy wire wrapping with copper as much as I do the Argentium silver wire...it's a feel thing for me. I think I'll continue to use it as the glass dictates and hopefully I'll become more comfortable with the sensation I get using copper wire.

I call this pair, "Copper Spells".

4 comments:

Deborah Younglao, Silk Painter said...

Oh yes definitely! The copper works perfectly with these. Gives a totally different feel to the silver. I like the flatness of the wire too. These are simply gorgeous!

Celeste Bergin said...

prettttty. very warm.
Oh..and
Kathleen...I bestow upon you the Lemonade award, go to my blog for details!

Sophie said...

You are right about that, the copper looks wonderful with the turquoise. I love the color combination. Copper seems to be very popular right now, I like it!!!

SCJ Jewelry Design said...

These are beautiful! The copper wire really brings out the copper color in the glass. Thanks for the link to Brandywine also - I had never heard of that one.