• the thick copper wire came from the leftovers of another house wiring project • it’s disturbingly easy to wind up with a foot of 12 gauge copper wire when you’re fixing things • & what ELSE am i gonna do with it?
• the narrow copper wire is from my brother-in-law, who used to fix diesel generators for a living • to him, it’s scrap • to me, it’s YAY FREE WIRE
• i got the beads as part of a big grab bag of jewelry from a junk shop in Gallup • ‘junk shop’ is a HIGH COMPLIMENT in my world, y’all