Reclaimed Copper (WIP)

[The Bijou Dragon]

I never saw the appeal on heaving huge dirty pieces of copper and brass home to make into jewellery, it's just never been my thing despite the fact I am a self-sufficient, tree hugging eco-friendly kinda gal!

Well... that was until Mr Dragon cut off a piece of the end of some copper pipe he was using last night and my creativeness went ballistic!

I actually love the colour of clean, shiny copper so I had a play about with a piece which led me onto making this:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stripyp...ks/3886747829/

It's not finished yet but it will be soon and it's set me onto a path of discovery to see what I can create using reclaimed metals.

[MuranoSilver]

See soon you'll be taking Peters advice and salvaging copper all over the place...What will the new range be called?? Perhaps "Abode" in honour of your dads shed

[The Bijou Dragon]

Abode is cool... I don't think 'SHED' would cut it...

Can you imagine showing it off... "and this is my shed range" heehee

[Charlotte]

Copper is so good to work with, the only thing I don't like is the silver solder splotches. I love using brass too even though its a bit tougher, only problem is it tarnishes so quickly

[The Bijou Dragon]

Yeah I'm going to be trying to avoid anything that needs soldering, it's going to be a whole new challenge I think

[agent_44]

Shiny new copper looks lovely , I like your design!