So, I've spent the morning cruising the net, trying to promote our
Etsy store and generally wasting time.
I did, however, have a learning experience. Yesterday, I purchased a coil of copper wire to experiement with (since it's
sooo much cheaper than sterling) and try out some designs. After a wasted hour, I broke it out along with a couple jewelry pliers. I started twisting, wrapping, and bending wire. I came up with some cool spirals that I think I want to use in a pair of earrings. I looked at them and thought to myself,
"Self. These earrings would be REALLY cool with some hammered copper!" I don't have a jewelers anvil or an appropriate hammer. So, I broke out the carpenters hammer and a pry-bar to hammer on.
It didn't work. I finally ended up hammering the copper wire into the concrete of the patio. It takes a lot of fine hammering to get a good look, yet you've got to know when to stop. I was trying to flatten out the whole piece, eyering included. The wire wrapped around the eyering cut the post and cut the eyering right off! Oops. Well, now I know not to do that again.
It was a wonderful experience, simply because, had I
not attempted to do it, I wouldn't have learned that it
doesn't work! Now, I know, and 'Knowing is Half the Battle!'
