{"id":96,"date":"2014-05-22T11:14:04","date_gmt":"2014-05-22T17:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fredkaems.com\/?p=96"},"modified":"2014-05-22T11:14:04","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T17:14:04","slug":"metal-cuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fredkaems.com\/?p=96","title":{"rendered":"Metal Cuff"},"content":{"rendered":"

This was my first project working with metal. I took a 6in square of copper, I could cut and bend it, but I had to keep all of the material, and the end result needed to be wearable.I think it turned out well considering that I had never worked with metal before. I really enjoy the texture I was able to add to the metal, but looking at it I realize how rough it is in spots, but that is due to inexperience. \"Fred<\/a> \"Fred<\/a> \"Fred<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This was my first project working with metal. I took a 6in square of copper, I could cut and bend it, but I had to keep all of the material, and the end result needed to be wearable.I think it … 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_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96","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-1y","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":165,"url":"https:\/\/fredkaems.com\/?p=165","url_meta":{"origin":96,"position":0},"title":"Universal Component","author":"Fred","date":"May 25, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"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 metal, I decided to include wooden pieces. 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