Handmade copper bracelet Fiche ARTCADEMY - Arts & Traditional Crafts Academy

Handmade copper bracelet | Jewellery

Keywords: cold engraving technique, copper bracelet

Title: Handmade copper bracelet
Category: Jewellery
Country: Romania/Ardeal
Period: XX Century
Provided by: Edunet
Source: Youtube, internet, hadarugart web site
Photo Gallery: https://hadarugart.weebly.com/bratari-din-cupru-gravate-manu...

Description:

In Romania, there are few craftsmen who make copper jewelry with Dacic simbols. In the video the artisan shaw us how is made a bracelet with Dacian symbols, symbols which dates back more than 2,000 years. The craftman made his bracelets only with pliers and hammer and cold engraved.

It has been known in folk tradition since ancient times to wear a copper bracelet to relieve pain caused by arthritis or rheumatism, especially in areas where the moisture in the atomfera is high.

Further references:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUKMwjM9Nxk