Jewelry making from copper wire. How to make wire wrapped pendant step by step.
Wire Wrapped pendants are always popular and fun to make. You can wear them or give them as gifts. In this tutorial I’m going to show you how to make a Wire Wrapped pendant.
How to make a Pendant – Idea.
This is NOT a detailed Wire wrap tutorial! I want to show you pendant made of wire and cabochon for an example.
You’ll Need Jewelry Making Pliers.
1) Flat Nose Pliers
2) Wire Cutters
3) Optional Round Nose Pliers
In my videos you often see a hand tool as in the photo below. I recommend you use such a tool.
Use Flat nose pliers with plastic/nylon jaws to clamp the weaving wire.
Copper wire.
I usually use long pieces of wire. You can always cut off excess wire at the end of the job.
Use appropriate wire thickness.
I make jewelry of wire 1 mm (18 ga) wire for the frames and 0.4 mm (26 ga) thick wire for the weaving.
You can use wire with a thickness of 0.8 mm (20 ga) wire for the frames and 0.3 mm (28 ga) wire for the weaving.
Discover Basic weaves to use with one, two, three and four… wire frames.
Once you know how to achieve the basic weaves, you can do so much with wire work. It is really simple when you know how.
Valeriy Vorobev shares some design options for creating jewelry with gemstone donuts.
For my jewelry I use only natural wire (copper, nickel silver, bronze, brass, silver). I patinate jewelry with wire with special solutions and polish it with felt circles using polishing pastes. Sometimes, so that the wire does not darken over time, I coat the metal with a special varnish.
I don’t speak much, I don’t like writing, I translate poorly into English. Sorry…
But, I take many detailed photos for you!
All jewelry I make made with my own hands for you with love.
Valeriy Vorobev
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Wire wrapped tutorials PDF Valeriy Vorobev
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VIDEO. Wire Wrapped Earrings
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