Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Duh! I Broke It

The whole afternoon's work down the drain! I only managed to enjoy this bracelet | cuff for a few minutes when I decided to twist the spiral a bit. I didn't know the copper wire is so "brittle". Sad! Sad! Sad! Guess I am so use to working with stainless steel wire. Broken copper wire cuff Broken copper wire cuff Broken copper wire cuffWireBlissMei

8 comments:

  1. Oh no Mei! It is beautiful. Frustrating to have all that work....but a learning experience nonetheless:):)

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  2. I hate it when that happens!! Metal gets "work hardened" each time you coil or hammer it - the molecules line up and get strong. When you are at those last stages and it feels like it might snap if you move it, you can heat up the metal to anneal it(-the molecules scatter and the metal gets "softer") and then make your tweaks.

    Nice bracelet, though. Hopefully you will be able to salvage your weaving!

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  3. Thank you very much Diana for this info. Knowledge in this department a bit lacking :)
    Will try to "save" this bracelet though...

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  4. Man, that stinks! That bracelet is beautiful - what a shame.

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  5. it's still beautiful, I know you can think of some way to salvage it! and the bamboo cuffs are gorgeous, i love the top one the best!
    kudzu

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  6. Still finding time to do that. Hmm! Too many things in my mind at the moment.

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  7. Oh no! What a pity! That happened to me, too, but with alu wire!

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  8. Oh yes, definitely save this bracelet and make the end look intentional!

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