{"id":276,"date":"2022-03-08T11:41:05","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T11:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clearlycreative.uk\/justjewels\/?page_id=276"},"modified":"2024-02-15T15:02:37","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T15:02:37","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tjmcustoms.ca\/?page_id=276","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"276\" class=\"elementor elementor-276\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7a1d858 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"7a1d858\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-96b0028\" data-id=\"96b0028\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b92e25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6b92e25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04d0ad5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"04d0ad5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I started this journey with wire bending about 4 years ago now but creating art is a passion I have always had and I love sharing it with others. I love the challenge that custom orders bring so please if you have something in mind, contact me and let&#8217;s make it happen!<\/p><p>Working with wire is one of the oldest techniques for making handmade jewellery, the history of wire wrapped jewelry can be dated way back to 1446 BC.<\/p><p>They site the event in Exodus 28 of Moses being instructed to create Aaron\u2019s breastplate. The breastplate included gold rings and chains as well as 12 gemstones: ruby, topaz, beryl, turquoise, sapphire, emerald, jacinth, agate, amethyst, chrysolite, onyx and jasper. These gems were all set with gold filigree.<\/p><p>Researchers have found elements of wire jewellery in ancient pharaohs&#8217; tombs and pyramids in Egypt, in Roman and Viking artifacts and even in France and England around 1270 A.D. in the form of chainmail.<\/p><p>Recently a 2000 year old gold wire earring, set with emerald and pearls, was found in Jerusalem. It was discovered in excavations conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority in the Giv\u2018ati car park at the City of David, in the area of the \u201cWalls around Jerusalem National Park\u201d. A photo of the earring and excavation site can be viewed at the Israel National News website.<\/p><p>I love wire work for so many reasons but it truly is the modern artists link to history and can be enjoyed by everyone.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About I started this journey with wire bending about 4 years ago now but creating art is a passion I have always had and I love sharing it with others. I love the challenge that custom orders bring so please if you have something in mind, contact me and let&#8217;s make it happen! Working with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-276","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tjmcustoms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tjmcustoms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tjmcustoms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tjmcustoms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tjmcustoms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=276"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/tjmcustoms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":892,"href":"https:\/\/tjmcustoms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/276\/revisions\/892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tjmcustoms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}