Recently I was walking around a bazaar full of up and coming jewelry designers and fashion boutiques. The place was full of new and interesting things. A young lady, who I would later learn was named Raven, sat their twisting and turning at what looked like a piece of tangled wire. Raven would introduce me to her art of wire jewelry making. 
 
This image from raven's designs is a wire craddling a Zebra Finch skull (recycled) on a velvet ribbon. Raven’s artwork was a breath of fresh air.

I don’t often see new materials in jewelry design when I am out browsing different department stores and boutiques. I have seen and experienced miraculous things cast in gold and sterling silver--and brass is definitely on the rise because silver is getting to be expensive. Over a gazillion designs to display your Canadian diamonds or your cubic zirconias have been discovered, but the wiring craft and wire art territory is very narrow breed. It was only one booth out of forty that carried wire works that day at the bazaar. Raven’s materials were sterling silver wire and from what I learned, the wire is tarnished and polished using ultra fine steel wool. More photos and products are available on Raven's Etsy store.