Wire wrap tutorials. Wire wrapped pendant.
Hello, dear friend!
If youke to make jewelry, you came to the right place!
I have been making wire and natural stones jewelry for many years and I have accumulated a lot of experience in this business. I am ready to share my knowledge with you, my friend. I hope you don’t mind me treating you this way.
I use natural copper wire for my jewelry – you can use any other wire of appropriate thickness
I patinate my copper jewelry in special solutions and then polish it to give it an antique look. The copper wire gets darker with time. I cover the whole jewelry with a thin layer of special varnish so that the wire does not get dark.
I only use natural stones of volcanic origin for my jewelry. Glass can also be used. I recommend that you do the same as I do. Why? Because artificial stones made of plastic are easy to damage while working. And then you have to start all the work from the beginning.
My tool is simple. It’s just a small set. I suggest you use pliers with plastic bits for work. It’s a very useful tool for all kinds of braids. It’s good to even out, bend the wire without being afraid to damage it, scratch it.
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.
Basic weaves. Wire wrap 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.
Wire wrapped pendant.
Today you and I will additionally use copper beads, special pins and copper “hats” for beads for jewelry pendants. “Hats” for beads of different shapes and colors can be bought in online stores. I picked out plant-like ones.
Doreen Beads Copper Ball Head Pins Antique Copper
Doreen Beads Alloy Spacer Beads Ball Antique Copper color
Zinc metal alloy Closed Soldered Jump Rings Round Antique Copper Stripe
Wire wrap tutorials. Wire wrapped pendant.
We’ll need to make an extra element for the suspension. We use two pieces of 0.4 mm thick wire. You will need to twist them together (use a hand drill) and then twist them on the main 1 mm thick wire.
Watch the video.
Pins cut in different lengths.
And make hinges at the ends to fix it. Prepare all parts for assembly.
Assemble the pendant as shown in the photo.
We need to make three pendants of different lengths and attach them to the ring. Add a chain. If necessary, patinate and polish the pendant.
Video tutorial here
Wire wrap tutorials. Wire wrapped pendant 2.
To make the second pendant we will need a crystal made of stone with a loop.
We use copper wire with thickness of 1 mm and 0,4 mm. We do it as shown in the photo.
The three main wires are braided in any way.
We’re forming a loop. Next – by photo.
The ends are neatly hidden in braids. You can make spirals.
Patinate, polish and varnish if necessary. Add a chain.
Watch the video lesson
The pendant’s ready. Give it, wear it or sell it!
Well done, you and I made two nice pendants!
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