Copper woven wire mesh and other copper mesh alloys, such as brass and bronze woven wire mesh, are often used in fireplace screen applications. Copper woven wire mesh offers an ideal combination of elegance and function and is an attractive accent to a living or family room when used in a fireplace screening application. Often times, customers will purchase this mesh for its extraordinary appearance and will use it to fabricate a customized, handmade fireplace screen to serve as a focal point in a home. Reddish-orange in color, copper woven wire mesh, according to many customers, creates an antique and distinguished look to virtually any type of room.

Another advantage of copper woven wire mesh is that because it is a softer metal, it is bendable and malleable, particularly when compared to steel or stainless steel. Copper mesh, when bent, will not spring back, and because of this, it can be used in more intricate design configurations. Throughout the years, fireplace fabricators have used a number of techniques to fasten this mesh to a frame; perhaps the most popular is lacing or tying this mesh to a frame using wire.