{"id":1900,"date":"2012-11-13T00:48:40","date_gmt":"2012-11-13T00:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=1900"},"modified":"2012-11-26T20:50:14","modified_gmt":"2012-11-26T20:50:14","slug":"steel-and-gold-dragonfly-earrings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=1900","title":{"rendered":"Steel and Gold Dragonfly Earrings"},"content":{"rendered":"

A pair of steel and 24k gold dragonfly earrings we did, inspired by a possible commission. \u00a0These were a lot of fun to make! \u00a0The 24k gold inlays are parallel wire inlays, inlaid into the steel. \u00a024k gold has an interesting property where it readily “cold welds” to itself. \u00a0In fact, old time dentists used this technique to pack sequential bits of gold foil into teeth to fix dental cavities, instead of the modern amalgam and plastic fillings used today.<\/p>\n

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\n<\/a>Each earring is 3\/4 of an inch tall, and 3\/8 of an inch wide.<\/p>\n

Thanks for looking!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A pair of steel and 24k gold dragonfly earrings we did, inspired by a possible commission. \u00a0These were a lot of fun to make! \u00a0The 24k gold inlays are parallel wire inlays, inlaid into the steel. \u00a024k gold has an … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[28],"tags":[3,7,17,16],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6qLAy-uE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1918,"url":"https:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=1918","url_meta":{"origin":1900,"position":0},"title":"Steel and Gold Dragonfly Ensemble","date":"November 26, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Well, the earrings were popular enough with the ladies that I decided to add a pendant and complete the ensemble. 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