Why Copper is my Muse
People often ask why I work in Copper rather than the traditional gold and silver of most jewelers. The reason? I love copper because of its significance in the development of civilization, and therefore, art.
No substance has been as important to the development of civilization than metal. And of those metals, Copper was the first to be utilized, and then the first to be used to smelt, or create new, harder metals through heat and hammering.
But lets go back. Waaaaay back to the beginning...
No substance has been as important to the development of civilization than metal. And of those metals, Copper was the first to be utilized, and then the first to be used to smelt, or create new, harder metals through heat and hammering.
But lets go back. Waaaaay back to the beginning...
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