{"id":325,"date":"2018-03-12T12:41:51","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T20:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dawnwich.com\/?p=325"},"modified":"2018-03-12T12:41:51","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T20:41:51","slug":"knit-wire-jewelry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dawnwich.com\/?p=325","title":{"rendered":"knit wire jewelry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dawnwich.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/0312181441a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-316\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dawnwich.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/0312181441a-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dawnwich.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/0312181441a-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dawnwich.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/0312181441a-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dawnwich.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/0312181441a-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.dawnwich.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/0312181441a-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have hundreds of these pieces! They are fun to make and there are nearly endless combinations. Most of the beads are glass, but I&#8217;ve made some with freshwater pearls or semi-precious gemstone beads as well. The wire is usually colored copper because it has the flexibility needed for knitting. I&#8217;ve done bracelets, necklaces, chokers, and earrings, although the bracelets are probably the most wearable.<\/p>\n<p>You can also see here some examples of my cameos. These are made out of polymer clay. I&#8217;ve done a variety of faces from mythology or folklore and the occasional children&#8217;s book. Typically, I will sculpt a face or a small figure, then make a silicone mold, and use multiple color polymer clays to imitate a cameo. As always, combining something traditional like a cameo with unexpected elements like monsters or bats is what appeals to me.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have hundreds of these pieces! They are fun to make and there are nearly endless combinations. Most of the beads are glass, but I&#8217;ve made some with freshwater pearls or semi-precious gemstone beads as well. The wire is usually &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dawnwich.com\/?p=325\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jewelry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dawnwich.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dawnwich.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dawnwich.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dawnwich.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dawnwich.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=325"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.dawnwich.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":326,"href":"http:\/\/www.dawnwich.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325\/revisions\/326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dawnwich.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dawnwich.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dawnwich.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}