{"id":56570,"date":"2015-07-07T00:09:55","date_gmt":"2015-07-07T07:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/?p=56570"},"modified":"2015-07-07T00:09:55","modified_gmt":"2015-07-07T07:09:55","slug":"accidental-jewelry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/56570","title":{"rendered":"Accidental Jewelry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tHave you ever heard of fordite, or as it&#8217;s more commonly known, motor agate? I hadn\u2019t until I stumbled upon an artist who&#8217;s dedicated to celebrating this &#8220;accidental,&#8221; man-made material.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_56571\" style=\"width: 262px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56571\" class=\"wp-image-56571 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/fordite-earrings.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"252\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-56571\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">fordite earrings via fordite.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Back in the day when cars were hand-painted on assembly lines, the tracks and skids that held them became thick with layers and layers of paint. These layers were sent into the ovens to cure along with the cars over and over again, essentially becoming baked enamel, and eventually had to be removed so as not to hamper production. Some creative soul realized the potential of these beautiful layers as a salvage opportunity\u2014the painted layers could easily be cut and polished into a myriad of faux rocks. Rock hounds soon began offering their services to factories to remove these colorful nuggets.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_56572\" style=\"width: 227px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56572\" class=\"wp-image-56572 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/fordite-necklace.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"299\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-56572\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">fordite necklace via fordite.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Fordite is the brainchild of designer and artist Cindy Dempsey (who says she was inspired by the pet-rock phenomenon of the 1970s) and a family friend who worked at one of the factories\u00a0and brought\u00a0pieces home to her. She fell in love with the colorful bits and began using them in place of gemstones in her jewelry designs. Her website offers a historical perspective of motor agate, classification types, a cabochon gallery, and a humorous 12-step program called Fordite Addicts Anonymous, where users can determine whether they are experiencing any of the seven signs of fordite addiction. Cindy went on to form Urban Relic Design, a group of artists dedicated to making unique jewelry with this fantastic by-product.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_56573\" style=\"width: 282px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56573\" class=\"wp-image-56573 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/fordite-ring.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"272\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-56573\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">fordite ring via fordite.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>You can visit their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanrelicdesign.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UrbanRelicDesign.com<\/a> shop or head over to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordite.com\/Home_Page.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fordite.com<\/a> for a link to all things fordite. Now, pieces of\u00a0fordite really are collectors&#8217; items because they no longer exist; the automotive industry has moved to mechanized painting, which leaves little to no overspray on the assembly line.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever heard of fordite, or as it&#8217;s more commonly known, motor agate? I hadn\u2019t until I stumbled upon an artist who&#8217;s dedicated to celebrating this &#8220;accidental,&#8221; man-made material. 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