Morning Mist Jewelry And Fine Arts

Morning Mist is an internet based jewelry and fine arts studio headed by its chief artist Tad Coffen and several other artists like Wagna Celidon, Nina Marie and Mary J. Thompson.  Morning Mist is specializing in custom jewelries and fine arts. Customary work and engraving is also done by Morning Mist.

Jewelry making often involves usage of materials like gemstones or other items deemed to be of importance or of value. They are usually set into precious metals like gold and silver. The majority of American and European gold jewelries are composed of an alloy of gold.  The purity of gold is stated in karats, specified letter K preceded with a number.  

Gold jewelries in America need to be at least 10K purity which is 41.7% pure gold and is usually made up to 18K, meaning it is composed of 75% pure gold.  Higher purity levels are less frequent with alloys at 22K  or 91.6% pure gold and 24K which is 99.9% pure gold.  These purity levels are regarded as a bit too soft for jewelry.  However, these high purity alloys are extensively used from corner to corner of the Middle East, Asia, and Africa.  Sterling silver or 92.5% fine silver is the most commonly used silver in jewelries.  In “costume jewelry” which means jewelries made from less-valuable materials but is artistically valuable, stainless steel findings are occasionally used.

Other generally used materials for jewelry making includes glass (enamel or fused glass), wood (carved or turned), shells, natural animal products (ivory, bones), natural and polymer clay; and even up to plastics.  Beads are normally used in jewelry, too. They can be made of gemstones (precious and semi-precious stones), glass, wood, metal, shells, and clay. Beaded jewelry generally includes earrings, necklaces, bracelets, anklets and belts. Beads comes in different shapes and sizes, they can be large or small.  The tiniest type of beads used is branded as seed beads.  Seed beads are commonly used for the “woven” styled jewelry. Another use of these beads is for embroidery technique where they are sewn onto textile backings to produce beaded bracelets and wide collar neck pieces.  Bead embroidery, a famous form of handicraft in the Victorian period is enjoying a revival in the age of modern jewelry making.

Goldsmiths (someone who makes or works with articles of gold), silversmiths and lapidaries (cutter, engraver or polisher of precious and semi-precious stones) used the methods of forging, casting, soldering (welding), carving, cutting, and “cold-joining” with the use of adhesives, rivets and staples to assemble parts of any jewelry. 
 
Nowadays, the flaunting of body jewelry has become a symbol of acceptance or deemed as a badge of audacity in some groups, but is totally repulsed by others. Similarly, the culture of hip-hop has made the slang term bling very popular.  This term refers to flamboyant display of jewelry in both genders. So, If you’re interested to see and know more about gorgeous pieces of jewelry, you may want to visit and take a look at Morning Mist Jewelry & Fine Arts.  Their jewelries are made so exquisitely they can really be considered objects of fine arts!  GP