Bronze Sea Urchin and Pearl Bracelet

Description

My new love is BronzClay. These components were made at an intro class to the medium with my fabulous mentor, Nancy Johnson. I used a sea urchin from Thailand to make the impressions on the bronze pieces, including the toggle. I then framed them with great glass seed beads in a beautiful matte green-rose that goes with the bronze nicely. There are peacock coin pearls. It's all connected with heavy brass wire. A lot of time and love went into this piece and I'm super proud of it!

Measurements:
Just shy of 8"
Coin pearl: 12 mm

Thanks for looking!
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Shipping:
Items will be shipped within 24 hours of cleared payment, excluding Sunday and major holidays when the post office is closed. Shipping is $3 for 1st Class Mail with delivery confirmation. If you'd like to upgrade to Priority Mail, let me know prior to purchase and I will adjust your shipping costs.

Insurance:
Insurance is not included, but is recommended. I can't be responsible for items lost or damaged by the post office. I mean, they try their best, I’m sure…HOWEVER, if you'd like insurance, please add the amount (listed below) to your purchase invoice.

Insurance through the post office:
Up to $50.00 - $1.35
$50.01 - $100.00 - $2.30
$100.01 to $200.00 - $3.35
$200.01 to $300.00 - $4.40
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Bronze Care:
Do not clean your bronze in a home ultrasonic cleaner! Use a soft cloth only! The great thing about BRONZclay is the unique patina each piece comes out of the kiln with. Cleaners and rubbing will take any unique patina off your bronze pieces and may damage any stones or pearls your bronze piece includes. So, the dirtier the better with bronze! Just rub softly with a soft cloth. The more ancient looking, the better!

What is BRONZclay, you might ask?
BRONZclay consists of 11% tin, 89% copper, water and non-toxic binding materials. The binding materials vaporize completely during the kiln-firing process, leaving a solid bronze piece with a density 90% that of cast bronze. BRONZclay is true bronze (although a bit less dense) and is composed of tin and copper, not the brass form that you see in most commercial bronze. (from Rio Grande)

Added on Sep 04, 2009