\n\t $\"Green$ <\/a>\n\t

Green Vintage Earrings<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Perhaps there are really 2 forces at work.\u00a0 <\/span>First, many designers are trying to keep the cost of their pieces lower for customers, or at least offering them in more than 1 metal, with pricing options.\u00a0 <\/span>Also, obviously, many designers have moved to some of these other metals to reduce their own costs, as buying rounds of wire or pieces of metal sheet have risen.\u00a0 <\/span>But I also think there may be 1 more reason this is changing.\u00a0 <\/span>As many of us become more conscious of our world and the environment, I think we view copper, bronze and brass as more \u201cearthy.\u201d\u00a0 <\/span>They definitely are colors that move into the warm side of the spectrum, and seem to lend themselves well to many eco-friendly designs.\u00a0 <\/span>Bronze is often reminiscent of ancient jewelry, as noted in pictures of Egyptian jewelry.\u00a0 <\/span>Copper, too, is well known for it\u2019s use with various ancient cultures.\u00a0 <\/span>Copper, brass and bronze can also be aged and take patinas very well, so their colors can actually be altered in many ways.\u00a0 <\/span>This allows a designer more options in how a final piece might appear.\u00a0 <\/span>As many of us try to connect with the rich history of the world, these metals have had a resurgence in popularity.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t $\"Two$ <\/a>\n\t

Two toned pendant with copper flecks<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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With the economy still unpredictable and shaky, I have watched wire and metal designs include more brass, copper, and bronze. Things that before would have been purely in silver or gold, now may have a combination of metals, just a high-light in silver or gold, and have other metal incorporated into the entire piece.\u00a0 Or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/teribaskett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/teribaskett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/teribaskett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/teribaskett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/teribaskett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/teribaskett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64,"href":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/teribaskett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60\/revisions\/64"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/teribaskett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/teribaskett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/teribaskett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}