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Weekly update and new metal bracelets

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I've been a bit hidden from the WWW this week. We had a death in the family. But I'm back in full force. Now, 3 new metal bracelets! I got to use a lot of metalsmithing skills in creating these bracelets. First of all, these are all hand cut or sawed from sheet metal. I used rivets in all of these. This one: https://www.etsy.com/listing/100190875/metal-bracelet-silver-ovals-and I used the techniques of soldering, sawing out the holes where the copper O rings are, stamping with design stamps and different texture hammers, and creating the balled sterling connector pieces. This one: https://www.etsy.com/listing/100192245/wide-metal-bracelet-silver-copper?ref=v1_other_1 is a wider bracelet with Mykonos Greek ceramic beads riveted to the front of some of the pieces. And, (I think this one's my favorite): https://www.etsy.com/listing/100193875/copper-and-brass-metal-bracelet-riveted?ref=v1_other_1 Copper and brass hand cut sheet, shaped into what I call