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Etsy Metal Blog Carnival – Romance!

2/3/2014

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Valentine's Day is coming... how does romance figure into your work? What does it mean to you?

Inspired by the book "Medieval Jewelry" by Marian Campbell. I've always loved the clunky, solid look and feel of medieval jewelry. So when the theme romance came up I went to the chapter on 'Affection, Love and Marriage.'
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This piece is patterned after the ring-brooches which commonly fastened tunics. It is pierced out of copper, formed by the process of chasing and repousse and then enameled by torch-firing.
These 3 brooches are part of a series on romance. Romance comes from the French 'roman' meaning a tale, and were stories about lovers or heroes and courtly love read by people of the court, and by townspeople, as well. A major theme was gift giving, where men and women exchanged love tokens. Affection was commonly expressed with inscriptions, usually in Latin or French, particularly on rings and brooches. 
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This brooch is made by forming heavy gauge copper wire and stamping it with the words 'pense de moy' or 'think of me.' Then it is enameled by torch-firing.
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This brooch is made by forming heavy gauge copper wire and stamping it with the words 'mon cure avez' or 'you have my heart.' A fold form piece is soldered onto the side and the copper is given a heat patina.
See how other Etsy Metal members use romance as a theme:

Laney Clark silentgoddess 
Nodeform 

 


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Phone Chat Utah link
2/25/2021 11:48:56 am

Great blog I enjoyyed reading

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Norwalk Blinds link
7/23/2022 06:07:46 pm

I enjoyedd reading your post

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