No not my Facebook settings. I love the way metal chains,
focals, spacers, and beads drape and jingle. Sometimes I’m in a Steampunk mood
and sometimes it’s metal hummingbirds. At the moment I’m in a bronze mood. What
is the difference between bronze and brass? For humongous info, check out a web
site link Ask Yahoo: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060803230342AAEHfdg.
Personally, it’s a matter of hardness and color, really. Bronze is an alloy of
copper and tin, usually in an 80/20 proportion. Brass, however, is copper mixed
with zinc about 60/40. Brass is much softer than bronze and is therefore easier
to twist and shape, for example in opening and closing jump rings. But for a
focal piece where I want the shape to remain the same forever, I would probably
use bronze. The photo above is copied from a great site called NordicRooms, http://www.nordicrooms.net/bbc/.
Bronze is also more golden, while brass has a darker, slightly greenish tone. What metals do you favor?
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