What are Lucite® earrings?
LUCITE® earrings are made of acrylic resins consisting of polymethylmethakrylate (PMMA). Lucite® Jewelry, introduced in the 1930s, became very popular in the 1940s and 1950s and continued to be the best choice for costume jewelry. The Lucite® earrings are available as vintage items, mass -produced costume jewelry and designer pieces.
Earrings made of Lucite® are popular for many reasons. Simple are formed, etched and carved, resulting in almost infinite variety of styles, from simple to complicated. Earrings are cheap to produce, so they are very affordable to a large number of consumers. Very durable and lightweight for wear, they are an excellent choice for children and adults. Lucite® earrings are often produced to imitate jewelry or precious stones. Lucite® is a semitransparenate form popular for earrings and has the appearance of a light, half -winding stone. Similarly, Pearlescent Lucite® can look almostidentically with real pearls.
Confetti Lucite® is another style popular for LuCite® earrings. This form is made of translucent Lucite® packing small chips of colored LUCITE® or glitters. Similarly, the Granite Lucite®, which consists of opaque pieces in different colors mixed together to make the appearance of granite. Built -in LuCite® is also a very popular form for LUCITE® earrings. This type puts objects such as flowers or pictures into a bright body.
These forms of Lucite® are usually cut in Cabochon style for earrings, shaped and then polished. The result is a smooth shape with a flat bottom and a convex peak that puts the artists into a metal environment. Solid-coed, opaque forms of Lucite® are usually transmitted or shaped into tears and balls for earrings to use the appearance of a similar gem in a similar form.
LUCITE® earrings are available thanks to their price availableSTI's favorite choice. At one end of the spectrum, they can be considered a form of one -time fashion, so cheap that most people can afford more couples and buy new couples easily as fashionable changes. If they are not annual, they are not usually considered collectible or investment pieces. At the other end of the spectrum, however, are couples of designers that can cost thousands of dollars. These pieces are usually either from well -known designers or are mixed with real gems such as diamonds.