Handcrafted Rose Gold Fill and Sterling Silver Jewelry, Copper Jewelry, and Decorative Items.
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About Wirestorm Creations...
It began innocently enough....one day, my then 4 year old daughter needed a simple beaded stretch bracelet restrung, as it had broken. After we made a few more of our own, I thought, "Hey, this is fun", and loving jewelry and being an internet junkie, I went to the Web in search of more ideas for making jewelry....and discovered wire, beads, sheet metal....an obsession was born!
I absolutely love creating with wire and sheet metal. Making jewelry and decorative items, I'm always searching and experimenting for new techniques to learn and try. At first, I used mostly "cold" connections (non soldered). As I've advanced in my craft, I've added "heated" connections (soldered); much of my work now is a combination of both techniques. Sometimes I think I like the process of creating my art better than anything else. And I love knowing that people "out there in the world" are wearing and using something I have made. It's always fun to send something to a new location.
Now for a little info about my materials.....
My jewelry is made with .925 Sterling Silver and Copper; sometimes 14k Rose Gold Fill. I don't usually work with Yellow Gold Fill, it's just a preference of mine. If you ever see anything here that you'd like to have in a yellow gold fill color, email me and I'll see what I can do (this would require a 60% deposit, however).
***.925 Sterling Silver*** an alloy of silver containing 92.5% pure silver and 7.5% other metals, usually copper. Sterling silver is also a precious metal.
***.925 Sterling Silver jewelry*** will tarnish...if worn regularly, however, your natural body oils help to keep the tarnishing to a minimum. Another way to clean your sterling is to make a paste with a bit of baking soda and water. Rub gently, rinse with lukewarm water, dry, then follow with a polishing cloth.
***Copper*** is reddish gold in color, and while not a precious metal, is used rather often in jewelry making and for decorative items.
Copper jewelry and ornaments will darken with age/wear/use....it can be left as is for a natural patina or dipped in a copper cleaner for a bright finish.
Copper Wind Spinners will go from bright and shiny to a darker brown, before finally developing the characteristic blue-green patina of copper. This natural process may take from several months to several years, depending on weather exposure.
***14k Rose Gold*** an alloy of gold mixed with copper, which is what gives it the rose/pink tint.
***14k Rose Gold Fill*** Rose Gold Fill wire is an outer layer (tube) of gold bonded by heat and pressure to a base metal, usually brass. Gold Fill items are regulated by the FTC and must be at least 5% gold by weight. Gold Fill has about 100 times more gold than gold plate. Gold Fill jewelry is considered precious metal jewelry....if treated with the care that you would give to any precious metal jewelry, your gold fill jewelry should last a lifetime and beyond. In the Victorian Era, much jewelry was crafted with Gold Fill and is still being handed down and worn today.
***Ornament Hooks are crafted with permanently colored copper wire that is coated to resist tarnishing. This wire comes in many different colors; however, I prefer to use the "natural" colors of silver, gold, and copper.
Most of my work is accented with, and wouldn't be the same, without BEADS....glass, lampwork, Czech, Swarovski Crystal and Pearl, Semi-Precious Gemstone, Sterling Silver, Gold Fill, Vermeil, Copper, Pewter....the choices are endless, and I use whatever beads suit the piece I am working on at the moment.
Most assuredly, I use quality materials, care, and attention to detail in all of my creations. Read my item descriptions....I will always tell you what materials I've used in a piece.
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