{"id":165,"date":"2014-05-25T12:02:35","date_gmt":"2014-05-25T18:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fredkaems.com\/?p=165"},"modified":"2014-05-25T12:24:37","modified_gmt":"2014-05-25T18:24:37","slug":"universal-component","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fredkaems.com\/?p=165","title":{"rendered":"Universal Component"},"content":{"rendered":"

I liked the look of metal and dark wood that I had with the <\/strong> Ranges ring<\/a>, so when I had to make a few pieces that had a universal component that could be used in more then one way with metal, I decided to include wooden pieces. I don’t consider myself to be a jeweler, but it was an interesting process. \"pin\"<\/a> \"finished<\/a> \"pieces\"<\/a> \"wood<\/a> \"Univ<\/a> \"univ<\/a> \"universal<\/a> \"Universal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I liked the look of metal and dark wood that I had with the Ranges ring, so when I had to make a few pieces that had a universal component that could be used in more then one way with … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8qvRk-2F","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":183,"url":"https:\/\/fredkaems.com\/?p=183","url_meta":{"origin":165,"position":0},"title":"Cast silver for the pin,\u2026","author":"Fred","date":"May 25, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Cast silver for the pin, and cast bronze for the other pieces combined with walnut, finished with dark danish oil, and clear acrylic. 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