Comments on: Using Copper Wire http://artinsilver.com/blog/2009/03/16/using-copper-wire/ Metal Clay - copper, bronze, steel, and White Bronze Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:04:27 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Hadar Jacobson http://artinsilver.com/blog/2009/03/16/using-copper-wire/comment-page-1/#comment-14687 Hadar Jacobson Wed, 01 Dec 2010 20:57:20 +0000 http://artinsilver.com/blog/?p=522#comment-14687 Phoebe, I have not tried this wire so I can't give you a reliable answer. I use bronze and nickel-chromium wire. It does not apply to copper embeddables, as long that they are not wire. Phoebe,

I have not tried this wire so I can’t give you a reliable answer. I use bronze and nickel-chromium wire. It does not apply to copper embeddables, as long that they are not wire.

]]> By: Phoebe Spore http://artinsilver.com/blog/2009/03/16/using-copper-wire/comment-page-1/#comment-14678 Phoebe Spore Wed, 01 Dec 2010 18:40:13 +0000 http://artinsilver.com/blog/?p=522#comment-14678 In Pam East's article in Metal Clay Jewelry (Dec 2010, special issue from Art Jewelry Magazine), she says as long as the copper wire is 99.9% pure, dead-soft it can be fired without a problem, although second firings can make it brittle. Please let me know if I can go ahead and use the wire I just bought (yes, pure, dead soft). Also, how does this pertain to the copper "Embeddables"? In Pam East’s article in Metal Clay Jewelry (Dec 2010, special issue from Art Jewelry Magazine), she says as long as the copper wire is 99.9% pure, dead-soft it can be fired without a problem, although second firings can make it brittle. Please let me know if I can go ahead and use the wire I just bought (yes, pure, dead soft). Also, how does this pertain to the copper “Embeddables”?

]]> By: Hadar Jacobson http://artinsilver.com/blog/2009/03/16/using-copper-wire/comment-page-1/#comment-537 Hadar Jacobson Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:08:53 +0000 http://artinsilver.com/blog/?p=522#comment-537 Hi Kim, I have not. My guess is that bronze or brass wire would work well. Hi Kim,

I have not. My guess is that bronze or brass wire would work well.

]]> By: kim http://artinsilver.com/blog/2009/03/16/using-copper-wire/comment-page-1/#comment-534 kim Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:34:05 +0000 http://artinsilver.com/blog/?p=522#comment-534 Have you perchance tried using either copper or bronze strip for bezels? Have you perchance tried using either copper or bronze strip for bezels?

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