Tannins and human health: a review. Chung KT, Wong TY, Wei CI, Huang YW, Lin Y. Department of Microbiology and Molecular Cell Sciences, University of Memphis, TN 38152, USA. Tannins (commonly referred to as tannic acid) are water-soluble polyphenols that are present in many plant foods.
How to Cast Jewelry. Jewelry casting is a process of making jewelry pieces that involves the pouring of liquid metal alloy into a mold. It is usually referred to as lost-wax casting because the casting mold is created using a wax model that is melted away to leave a hollow chamber in the middle of the mold.
Mood jewelry is made from either a clear capsule filled with thermo chromic liquid crystal, or a thin sheet of liquid crystal paint that is sealed underneath a plastic or glass dome. Mood jewelry change colors by the same principle as a liquid crystal thermometer.