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  • I have always wondered if all copper is created equal

    I purchase copper in my little metal shop that I travel a long ways to go to. All the sheet copper works just fine for enameling. So far so good. But then I purchased some 10 and 8 gauge round wire, solid copper I was assured, to make some bangles from. I cleaned this copper by heating it in my kiln...
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  • My Little Metal Shop

    I had a very hard time finding a place where I could buy copper here in Mexico. My Mom would buy it for me in the US and slowly ship it down to me. It was a mess. She would be sooooooooooo slow in shipping. I had to basically "nag" her to death before she would ship! haha, (hope she doesn't see this...