Wire wrapped pendants. Jewelry making from copper wire. How to make wire wrapped pendant step by step. Wire wrap tutorials.
Hi, and welcome! I’m Valeriy Vorobev, and this is my Studio.
Today’s pendant is a great project for anyone just getting started in wire wrapping.
Wire wrapping is a specific jewelry making technique that involves either covering pendants with intricate wire designs or crafting those designs with the wire alone.
Using the wire wrapping your beads, gems and stones you can nicely create some fancy design of the jewelry to wear with any of your dress.
To start with, all you need is a little wire in any color and a set of pliers
You’ll Need Jewelry Making Pliers.
1) Flat Nose Pliers
2) Wire Cutters
3) Optional Round Nose Pliers
Nylon jaw chain nose pliers are a very useful tool for anyone who does a lot of wire working.
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.
Use a relatively thick gauge wire that you can bend and shape – 18 or 20 gauge wire should work well.
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.
Do you want to add some new pieces of jewelry to your collection? With just a little bit of practice and skill, you can make your own jewelry at home with wire. No, it won’t pass for pricey jewels, but it sure is cool.
How to make wire wrapped pendants step by step. Wire wrap tutorial 1.
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.
Do you want to add some new pieces of jewelry to your collection? With just a little bit of practice and skill, you can make your own jewelry at home with wire. No, it won’t pass for pricey jewels, but it sure is cool.
How to make wire wrapped pendants step by step. Wire wrap tutorial. Wire wrap tutorial 2.
Also, check out Wire wrapping pendant tutorials:
Wire wrapped tutorials PDF Valeriy Vorobev
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Do you love making wire jewelry as much as I do? I’ve been making jewelry from wire for nearly 15 years, and I didn’t want to keep this knowledge to myself, so I write wire jewelry tutorials sharing what I’ve learned.
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.
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