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Alloy Bracelets, Brass & German-Silver Hair Barrettes, Ponytail Cuffs, Earrings
Celtic, Tribal, Scottish, Irish, Welsh Dragon, Tree of Life, Unicorn, Griffins, Dragons
Designs
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Permanent Retirement Sale! Personal and product history info at the bottom of the page.
I have retired and moved to Thailand. I've set up my new
workshop and will continue making my jewelry as I have since 1975.
Because of my considerably lower living expenses, I can pass the savings on to
you with new lower prices and lower shipping costs.
All products except for the handicraft bracelets are designed and produced in our own workshop.
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20% off on all orders of $40 or more |
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Orders are shipped by Thai Post Office First Class Air Mail, $5.50 flat shipping cost to any country.
$15 bracelets are now $9.95 & $11.95, $20 bracelets are now $12.95 & $14.95, and $25 & $30 bracelets are now $14.95 & $19.95.
Sale! Discontinued Designs Page - $15 to $25 bracelets are now $7.95 to $11.95
Monthly Jewelry Specials
 1/2" Wide Plain Copper Bracelet Available in Medium & Large |
 3/4" Wide Plain Copper Bracelet Available in Medium & Large |
 1" Wide Plain Copper Bracelet Available in Medium & Large |
 Unicorn Lovers Copper Bracelet CB-12 $25 Available in Large only 7 large in stock |
 Celtic Knot 2 Copper Bracelet CB-18 Available in Medium & Large 5 medium, 5 large in stock |
Etched Bracelets (83)
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Copper Bracelets 1 (18) |
Copper Bracelets 2 (15) |
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Brass Bracelets 1 (12)
Brass
2 (23) |
German-silver Bracelets (12) |
Handicraft Bracelets (14) $6.95-$11.95 |
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Barrettes/Hairclips and Ponytail Clips
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Brass Barrettes (24) With genuine French barrette backs $11.95 & $13.95 |
German-silver Barrettes (12) With genuine French barrette backs $11.95 & $13.95 |
NEW! Brass Ponytail Clips
(12) With genuine French ponytail clip backs $11.95 & $13.95 |
NEW!
German-silver Ponytail Clips
(12) With genuine French ponytail clip backs $11.95 & $13.95 |
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Ponytail Cuffs and Hair Ties with Elastic Bands
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Brass Ponytail
Cuffs (12) $9.95 |
German-silver Ponytail Cuffs (12) $9.95 |
Brass Hair Ties
(23) $9.95 |
German-silver Hair Ties
(11) $9.95 |
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Brass Earrings
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$9.95 With hypoallergenic surgical steel ear wires. Brass Earrings 1 (42) Brass Earrings 2 (32) |
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About the Artist:
I
am an American artist/craftsperson born (1942) and raised in Seattle. I have a broad background of experience
of
"the road less traveled" kind including
Joined the U.S. Army
the day after my 17th birthday (October 1959), stationed in Germany at Ayers Kaserne in the 36th
and 46th Armored Infantries 10 miles from
Was a hard core hippie dropout through the 60's and 70's
(still am) in the
San Jose/Los Gatos area,
peace marches/demonstrations, S.F. Winterland Auditorium
Decided I couldn't work for the "Evil Corporate System" so dropped out
(1966) (much
easier to do then than nowadays when most everybody's brainwashed)
Lived on the G.I. Bill ($100-$120 mo.)
when going to college (philosophy/psychology major),
was a
candle maker (1970 - 1972),
calligrapher (1973 - 1975),
Took up Muay Thai kickboxing at age 48 for four years,
one professional fight on my 52nd birthday (George Foreman eat your heart out, win, three round decision,
Took early retirement at age 62, been taking it easy since then,
opened a
live music club
in September 2008 which I can't afford to support
Product history:
My jewelry has been sold in I. Magnin's and Capwell's
department stores in the Bay
area,
Chico's stores, and hundreds of finer boutiques and gift shops all across the
Lifetime Guarantee:
If one of my bracelets ever breaks under normal use,
please return it to me and I will replace it free of charge.
Metal Content:
I use the finest metals available to handcraft my bracelets.
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Copyright© 1975 & 1997 by Robert Irving.
All rights reserved.
being partially raised in
boarding schools and children's homes, lived 3 years including summers at the
now infamous Briscoe Memorial School
in Kent, Washington,
and 13 months at the Stubblefield Children's Home in Walla Walla, Washington,
attended about 15 different schools counting colleges.
where
Elvis was stationed, he left
one month after I arrived,
31 months of training tougher than boot camp (1960 -1962), only had 2 overnight
passes in three years,
the only upside being
I got out two years before the
Viet Nam War started,
also worked in 12 casinos
in Reno and Lake Tahoe (1965).
concerts every
weekend for years, got to
see Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The Doors, Buddy Rich,
John Mayall with Peter Green,
early Fleetwood Mac,
all the S.F. groups,
and 100's of other groups
for the astronomical
price of $3.50 for a triple bill concert,
went to the Monterey Pop Festival (1967) and the
Altamont Festival
(1969) (big bummer).
and became a craftsperson
out of economic necessity, not
out of any
artistic impulse, last and longest job within the "System"
was for 7 1/2 months
making bucket seats for the
1966 Mustang at Ford Motor Co. in Milpitas, CA just
outside
San Jose.
and acid etched jewelry
maker (1975 to present),
been living in Thailand 18 of the past 24 years,
employed and lived with 28 hill tribe people
(Akha and Lahu refugees from Burma)
for 5
years in Chiangmai, have had 2 shops at the local Night Bazaar (1986 and 1990),
and 3 different bars (1991 and 2008 to present).
my
opponent was 23),
for which I earned
a big $4.00,
probably the oldest westerner (farang)
ever to have a professional Muay Thai fight in Thailand,
(Guinness Book of World
Records where are you?
this ain't tiddlywinks you know!), also was the boxing announcer 4 nights a week for
3 years at a local boxing venue.
and am now trying to sell, learning to play drums,
going to a really amazing jazz club 4 to 5
nights a week, generally living the good life.
United
States.
I have personally traveled up to 30,000 miles per year for many years and shown
my line of jewelry at the
New York International Fashion Boutique Show
(4 times per year),
and the Los Angeles (2 times per year),
San Francisco (2 times per year), Seattle (2 times per year), and Portland,
wholesale gift shows.
Also put in about 10 years selling my wares at arts and craft fairs, Celtic fairs,
and
Scottish Highland Games in Northern California and Western Washington.
If it is an old design no
longer in production I will inform you and
you may choose any other current
design.
The red metal is 99% pure Copper.
The yellow metal is Brass, an alloy of 85%
Copper and 15% Zinc.
The silver colored metal German-silver, also called Nickel-silver, is an alloy
of 65% Copper, 17% Zinc, 18% Nickel.
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