[Jewelry making - Article 01037] - Re: [Orchid] Predjudice against copper materials?

[Lisa Orlando]

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Dear Michael,

    For Orchidians to answer this question, I think you need to tell us 
    more about exactly who is giving you negative feedback. 

    My copper wire jewelry (I use niobium wires to finish the earrings)
    sells faster than silver or gold-filled (and a lot faster than 14k,
    which just sits there, doing its bit to raise the "perceived value"
    of my line). Women who love copper (usually because of their
    coloring) complain to me about how hard it is to find. My first
    high-end sale was of an elaborately wire-wrapped necklace with glass
    beads (you can actually see a lousy photograph of it in the Members
    Gallery at www.artsbenicia.org/ ).  I'd over-priced it because I
    didn't want to sell it, but one of the local red-haired painters fell
    in love with it. 

    Alexander Calder made fabulous, funky brass jewelry that was worn by
    the likes of Peggy Guggenheim. But the sales people at Harry Winston
    would quite probably have turned their noses up at it. 

Lisa Orlando
Aphrodite's Ornaments
Benicia, CA


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