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So just what is Filigree & more? We have a site in progress (www.filigreeandmore.com) with Yahoo, where, if we live long enough, we will be able to sell from the web. We travel to polymer retreats, and do an occasional bead show. But here is the big news.....we now have a mortar and bricks store, housed in Woman Creative. You can learn more about Woman Creative Art and Jewelry Design Center by checking out the new website (www.womancreative.com) or the new blog (www.womancreativeartcenter.blogspot.com).
Our main product is raw brass filigree, manufactured here in the U.S. from vintage dies by a family run company. It comes in a variety of color shades, depending on the color of the sheet brass being used in a particular run. It will oxidize, but can easily be polished. (you guessed it - we sell a convenient polishing cloth and Quik-brite from Eurotool, as recommended by Ronna Weltman.) We have an amazing selection of filigree, stampings and charms....now over 400 pieces. We love combining polymer with filigree. Sometimes the polymer is the star and the filigree is the armature. Other times the filigree is the star of the show and the polymer just embellishes it.

Welcome . . .

Ellen and I have been friends for over twenty years. First we were tennis partners, and then we moved to crafts. We took pottery classes together. Then we moved to glass...fusing, stained glass and flame-working. Then one day we stumbled onto polymer clay. Ellen's sister-in-law, Laurie, had told her about how great Barbara McGuire was and what a great art medium polymer clay was. We were at a bead show where Barbara was teaching. We sat down and the rest is history. Over the past few years we have developed an obsessive interest in the art of making jewelry.  We have an interest in the components, the tools and the products used in this pursuit.  Searching for the best products led us to open a retail outlet selling products we like to use and are hard to find. We'd like to use this blog to bring you along on our journey.