Originally Posted by
agent_44
I think I would be inclined to use sterling findings with brass, copper or the enamel coated wire, as long as it suited or was part of the design. Though I would also use solid copper or brass as well. It might be worth giving the option of changign the earring findings, as a customer may have a problem wearing the other metals.
I couldn't say about the sizes you were planning on buying, it depends what you want to do, but 0.8mm and 1.0mm seem to be more commonly used sizes of wire so probably a good starting point.
I have to say I am definitelynot convinced by this chamois "annealing method". When annealing silver you have to allow the metal to glow cherry red for it to be properly annealed, which certainly won't happen with this method. You may well find with wire work annealing isn;t necessary though, it's how I started out, and I didn't use a torch for a few years untill I started looking at soldering and other silversmithing techniques.
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