Friday, November 9, 2012

Upcycled Handmade Jewelry

"Upcycling" is the new recycling. The idea of upcycling is converting materials from lesser value to higher value. For instance, this bracelet is made from copper, electrical wire! After stripping the rubber insulation from the copper wire, I then began oxidizing the copper for an antique like finish. Then the creative juices began to flow, hence the completed wire wrapped gemstone (aquamarine crystal gemstones and amazonite from Brazil) bracelet pictured above!

Bead on.....

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