Through the years, jewelries have been part of the human evolution. History tells us of extreme demand for costly gems which set the style for an extravagant use of gold mounted with diamonds, pearls, jades and rubies. With the emphasis on lavish display and the intrinsic value of precious stones, the craftsmanship on the metal settings was neglected and became inferior. Today, trends shifted to sculptural or architectural ingenuity using pretty much cheaper silver.
But what can simple silver do? Yes, for some people over 40’s this really sounds bitter. But for those who were born not later than 70’s, this is really fashion. You c
an’t even miss a thing specially hanging out on conspicuous places. People even claimed this craft never goes out of style.
Cheap and simple
Unlike diamonds and gold, almost everybody can easily acquire silver works. The cost is reasonable compared to the elegance it offers. Throughout history, it has been associated with purity. It is quite soft, and malleable for use in jewelry. Since it comes with variety of styles, there’s no need to mount any traditional jewels, rather than using it a pure metal of 100%. Some metals, namely copper, are added to a molten mixture of 92.5% in order to produce the resistant, high polish whitish metal alloy known as “sterling silver”. This “925” label is often stamped in order to reliably note the fineness of the silver jewelry.
Artistic and freestyle
Stylistically, silver is like a “chameleon” that may impart a sense of age and antiquity with its blackish coloring and it can also morph into a contemporary piece of sophisticated jewelry with gem stones and it can also be plain and understated and worn daily like with many of the pieces of plain, unadorned and unaltered pieces of fine silver jewelry. Thus, you can really appreciate the uniqueness of its design. For artists, it has showed their freedom of expressions. The designers even modeled tattoos for their crafts.
It's a little known fact, but a pure of silver does not tarnish in pure air and pure water. It’s pollutants in air and water that cause it to tarnish, specifically trace amounts of sulfur gases in the air and hydrogen sulfide in water. Light speeds up its tarnish ability process. For this reason it's a good idea to store it in a zip-lock bag and keep it out of the sun.
