{"id":201,"date":"2016-05-03T17:55:36","date_gmt":"2016-05-03T22:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/?p=201"},"modified":"2020-11-08T23:13:42","modified_gmt":"2020-11-09T05:13:42","slug":"copper-forged-bangle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/?p=201","title":{"rendered":"Copper Radial Forged Bangle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Here are a couple pictures of a <strong>Radial Forged Bangle<\/strong> that I fabricated from heavy-gauge copper wire&#8230; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"843\" height=\"786\" src=\"http:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/bangle-forged_copper-top.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/bangle-forged_copper-top.jpg 843w, https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/bangle-forged_copper-top-300x280.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/bangle-forged_copper-top-768x716.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Slanted top-view of the <strong>copper radial forged bangle<\/strong>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The geometric design is achieved from radial forging, continuously alternating from sections on the sides forged on a round bracelet mandrel, to sections on the top surfaces forged on a domed anvil until the desired design and size needed is eventually reached.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The forging hammer marks are left on the sides and top surfaces, but the bangle&#8217;s inside is sanded smooth, and then the entire piece buffed and polished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"843\" height=\"915\" src=\"http:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/bangle-forged_copper-side.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/bangle-forged_copper-side.jpg 843w, https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/bangle-forged_copper-side-276x300.jpg 276w, https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/bangle-forged_copper-side-768x834.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Side view of a <strong>copper radial forged bangle<\/strong>. I&#8217;ve since made quite a few of these for family and friends.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Created from 6 gauge wire stock purchased from the local hardware store, the material for this project came out to about 85 cents, so it&#8217;s certainly not an expensive project to complete in that regard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This bangle is also the first project out of Alan Revere&#8217;s most excellent book, <em>&#8220;Professional Jewelry Making&#8221;<\/em>, although I have also seen bangles like this advertised by at least one well-known retailer for $200 in sterling (which are made in the very same way with the same amount of effort, but just with a more expensive metal alloy). \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are a couple pictures of a Radial Forged Bangle that I fabricated from heavy-gauge copper wire&#8230; The geometric design is achieved from radial forging, continuously alternating from sections on the sides forged on a round bracelet mandrel, to sections on the top surfaces forged on a domed anvil until the desired design and size &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/?p=201\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Copper Radial Forged Bangle&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bracelets-bangles-cuffs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=201"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":883,"href":"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201\/revisions\/883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}