[Jewelry making - Article 00107] - Re: [Orchid] Use Copper in Jewelry...

[Wayne Werner]

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    I have not been following this from the start, but with Edgar Cayce
    and other alternative health professionals suggesting that copper is
    good for things like arthritis it is some thing to conceder. However
    I will share my mistakes with the class. Since assisting the now
    departed Carrie Adel, I have done a lot of work in both shakudo and
    copper mokume. The sad fact is that these metals react differently to
    different people, their diets and their life habits. I have wore
    copper and silver mokume pendants and rings for five years before
    they show age from etching. So it is a guessing game. A person with a
    very acidic body chemistry is obvious, but what if they spend a lot
    of time in the hot tub eating olives and making sand castles with
    their jewelry on? you may get a call about the mystical
    disappearance of copper...in which case I would Blame the mystic
    Edgar Cayce and suggest they call Ripley's believe it or not.

    ***on a side note, there was a wonderful article in national
    Geographic back in April 1999 called "JOURNEY TO THE COPPER AGE" the
    article explored metal trade routes and the ancient practice of
    smelting with blow torches. the 'Elat' stone as it was shown to me
    in Egypt is about the same as malachite and is a copper ore. not only
    were there many ritualistic things made from copper but it really
    was the earliest version of man putting fire to stone. as far as I am
    concerned putting tin in the crucible was probably a mistake but
    proved to be a very happy accident. 

Wayne Werner
MD institute of Art
www.wlwstudio.com
waynewerner AT mindspring.com

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