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TABLE OF CONTENTS by SECTION

✿ FLOWERS BOTANICAL & LEAVES
All kinds of flower stampings and floral beads. Leaves & botanical garden specimens can be found here.

✿ FOREST FLORA & FERNS
Trees, twigs, branches, oak leaves, maple leaves, ferns and mushrooms. Anything that might grow in the forest or fairy garden, and large scale botanical specimens.

✿ ORNAMENTS ON A WIRE~ CUSTOM WIRE
This section is full of leaves, birds & ornaments with wire attached. You can use French Wired Stampings to add a detail to a wreath or floral arrangement. The fine wired pieces are great for beading! Wire add-ons can be requested for most stampings in my shop.

✿ BORDERS, BANDING BANNERS
Banners, borders, decorative edging, gallery banding, brass ribbons & bows, friezes and anything that can be used as edging or a banner. Decorative chain.

✿ BEZELS & FRAMES photo corners, lockets, beveled glass, frame channels & frame fronts. Bezels for cabochons, and tiny frames for vignettes. Stampings with open centers that could be used as small frames. This is a great section to browse if scrapbooking, framing or settings are your thing.

✿ FRUIT, VEGETABLES & GRAIN
Pears, strawberries, pineapples, oranges, bananas, cherries, grapes, raspberries and blackberries. Peas, corn and wheat.

✿ ANIMALS & MAMMALS, LARGE & SMALL
Mammals, wild or tame! Dogs, cats, raccoons, beaver, lions, tigers, brown bears, panda bears, leopards, rhinoceros, armadillo, giraffe, zebra, donkeys, moose, deer, elk, buffalo, cows, steer, pigs, goats, rams, sheep, elephants, rabbits, fox, horses, monkeys, bats, wolves, camels, hedge hogs, kangaroo and squirrels.

✿ BIRDS, BEES & CREATURES
Birds, insects, reptiles, amphibians and mollusks. BIRDS-parrots, baby chicks, roosters, hummingbirds, eagles, owls, barn swallow, swans, feathers, robins, stork, ducks, blue birds, pheasants, geese, peacock, love birds and doves. INSECTS- Honey bees, bumble bees, ants, butterflies, dragonflies, cicada, hornets, beetles, spiders, spider webs and lady bugs. REPTILES-Lizards, turtles, alligator and garden snakes. AMPHIBIANS- frogs, salamanders. MOLLUSKS- snails.

✿ FISH, SEASHORE & SHELLS
Fish, carp, sunfish, bass, trout, goldfish, starfish & swordfish. Sea turtles, sea shells, crabs, oysters, clams, scallops and conch. Whales , dolphins & walrus. Shore birds- seagulls, flamingos, penguins and pelicans. Palm trees, mermaids, seaweed, boats, fishing poles, fish hooks, anchors, oars & lighthouses.

✿ OLD WORLD, VICTORIAN & GOTH
Traditional, classical motifs from old world times. Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Neo-classical, Renaissance, Victorian, Baroque, Rococo & architecture inspired elements, Crowns, brass cameos, columns, medieval weapons, torches, knights, shields, gargoyles & castles.

✿ MYTHOLOGY, GODS & NYMPHS
Dragons, lion griffons, Buddha, faeries, nymphs, Cherubs, putti, angels & angel wings. Greek gods, Pan, Neptune & Pegasus, Egyptian icons, scarabs and Pharaohs. Astrological symbols, celestial symbols, unicorns, religious medallions & crosses.

✿ FILIGREE & BRASS LACE
Pierced brass lace, ajoure cut-out ornaments and filigree.

✿ MINIATURES, GIFTS & JEWELRY
Tin castings, animal figurines, hat pins, letter openers and jewelry. All hand crafted by Squirrelnuts!

✿ NOVELTY & MISCELLANEOUS BITS
Miscellaneous bits from Mardis Gras masks to musical instruments. Bicycles, coins, people, fans, hearts, horse shoes, cars, ballerinas, ski poles, Marie Antionette, Native American motifs, skulls, peace symbols, bows, cowboy hats, scissors, tiny silverware, hot air balloons and airplanes. So much to list!

CUSTOM REQUESTS are welcome!
✿ Electroplating. There is a $200 minimum for specialty plating. Single piece plating can also be piggy backed with my plating schedule.
✿ French wire add-ons. Price based on wire length.
✿ Extra holes for .25 each.
Please note` CUSTOMIZED ITEMS ARE NOT RETURNABLE

SQUIRRELNUTS SUPPLIES are cast or stamped from high quality, nickel-free brass or pewter. All stampings are from original sources and are made in America, France or Germany. Have you ever wondered about the differences between stampings & castings?

STAMPINGS are made by striking a flat sheet of raw brass between two shaped pieces of steel called a die. The positive and negative shapes of the die create a 2 dimensional, flat backed or shell backed piece. Since dies rarely wear out, most of the dies used to make the stampings for Squirrelnuts are antique and many of my stampings are vintage strikes. The raw brass, vintage strikes offered have darkened with age and can be brightened with polishing. Newer strikes from original, antique dies can be ordered in multiple sets. If an item in the shop looks like gold, but costs a lot less, it is most likely just new or polished brass!

CASTINGS ~The method of casting I use is called centrifugal casting. A piece is formed by pouring melted pewter into a two part, vulcanized rubber mold and then spinning the mold in a centrifugal casting machine. The centrifical force of the spinning machine pushes the hot metal out into every corner of the rubber mold. Since the rubber of the mold is soft, and the shape of the mold can be deep, you can make larger, 2D or 3D pieces with it! There is even a tiny allowance for undercuts, which means the items can be a little more dynamic in form.