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I have been looking and looking for some plain, slim, tubular beadcaps/endcaps--could I find any anywhere? Of course not! Then I stumbled across these spent .22 caliber bullet casings for sale at
Design From Dixie on Etsy and I thought "Eureka!" They gather these up--and other calibers--at shooting ranges, check to make sure the primer is spent, and make them available for purchase for craft projects in their Etsy shop. (The brass is lovely, especially after banging it up with my hammer!). I'm not into shooting guns, but I will happily use these babies to make jewelry! I got some in stainless steel too. They're really a snap to drill, and if you have any questions about that, the shop owners are great and super helpful. They also have
a website about how to use bullet casings in craft projects. I used them above with moukaite ovals and roundels, and brass wire.
For these I stuck with a two-tone pallette of silver and brass--golden pyrite ovals, fine and Argentium silver wires, brass shell casings and brass wire. (Can't decide what I love more--the brass casings or the pyrite....) These are currently available in my Etsy shop.
OK, that's all I got! (Can't wait to use a pair of the steel ones.)
Love Love Love your work!
ReplyDeleteAt our local recycle center, I saw drums full of spent bullet casings because there is a shooting range nearby. . . every shape size and color you can imagine!
Thank you! Well I never thought about the recycling center having spent shells! I get my heavier gauge wire there, I'll have to look next time. Thanks for the tip!
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