Wire wrapping rings tutorials.

Wire wrapping rings tutorials. How to Make Wire Wrapped Ring.

Wire wrap tutorial. How to Make Wire Wrapped Ring.

Wire wrapping rings 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 Ring.

You’ll Need Jewelry Making Pliers.
1) Flat Nose Pliers
2) Wire Cutters
3) Optional Round Nose Pliers
I used a wooden ring mandrel but you can use anything that will allow you to wrap the wire around it in the shape of a ring.

Wire Weaving Basics - Ring. Wire wrapping tutorial.

Use Flat nose pliers with plastic/nylon jaws to clamp the weaving wire.

Wire wrapping rings tutorials.

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.
I used 1 mm wire for the frames and 0.4 mm wire for the weaving as this helps to keep the weaving neat.

My tips:

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.

Tension is important when weaving. Too tight and you will pull your frame wires out of shape, but too loose and your weaving will be uneven.

When you have finished weaving, trim the weaving wire at the back of the piece, and secure by pressing firmly against a frame wire with flat nose pliers.

Avoid kinks in your weaving wire by catching them before they form. Gently untwist the wire before it is pulled tight.

Tools can and should be altered. The edges of pliers are often rough and sharp Use 220 emery on a stick to smooth and slightly round all edges.

Using a gas burner at the ends of the wire you need to make balls.