Fancy Headpins in Six Styles – Free Tutorial by Athena Gowton
Making your own headpins is a great way to save money on supplies, and it allows you to control another design element in your work. Athena Gowton has posted a wonderful free tutorial on jewelrylessons.com that teaches how to make five varieties of headpins without a torch. She has a number of other tutorials for [...]
How to Make Cone Coil Beads / Bead Caps
Making your own beads is a fun way to make your wire wrapped jewelry even more personal. Plus, making metal beads yourself can be more economical than purchasing ready made beads. Here is a quick and easy bead that can be made in less than a minute. The only material you will need is a [...]
Connie Fox’s Swan Clasp
All you need to turn a chain into a necklace or bracelet is a clasp, and one of the best wire wrapped clasps is Connie Fox’s swan clasp (beginning on step 9). The swan clasp is as decorative as it is easy to make, and it has become a staple for wire wrapped jewelry makers. [...]
Making and Joining Wrapped Loop Links
Linking wrapped loop links is a common way of making necklaces and bracelets. This tutorial assumes that you already know how to make a wrapped loop. To make several wrapped loop links, you will need: a few feet of dead soft wire (I like 20 gauge for this purpose) several beads whose holes can accommodate [...]
How to Make a Wrapped Loop
The wrapped loop is used very frequently in wire wrapped jewelry making. It can be used to link beads together to form beaded chains or to attach dangles to other jewelry components, such as ear wires. In fact, attaching a dangle to an ear wire by means of a wrapped loop is probably the most [...]
Spiral Head Pins and Simple Spiral Earrings – Free Tutorial
Elaborate earrings are fun to make and lovely to admire, but in everyday life many people prefer to wear simple earrings. This tutorial will show how to make simple spiral earrings like those shown below. Each earring is constructed in one piece, from a single piece of wire, rather than by attaching a dangle to [...]
Popnicute’s Yayaya Necklace and Cocoon Beads
When I saw the Yayaya Necklace by Kay Sommers, the artist behind Popnicute jewelry, I knew I had to share it with you. Aesthetically, the necklace is stunning. But to my jewelry-making eyes, the creative structural construction was even more eye-catching. Kay has incorporated one of her signature cocoon beads into this necklace; the bead [...]
Jewelry Links for Fiber Lovers: Free Tutorial
In addition to jewelry making, I have a great love of fiber arts. The two work well together. Knitting needles make wonderful coiling mandrels! Like many knitters and crocheters, I can become quite enamored of certain yarns, and hate to see even a scrap of leftovers wasted. Such was the case with this wonderful handspun [...]
Essential Jewelry Making Tools for Beginners
One of the best things about wire wrapped jewelry making is the low barrier to entry for beginners. While an expansive array of jewelry making tools is available to those who wish to explore them, the fact is that only a few essential tools are necessary for a new wire wrapped jewelry maker. All you’ll [...]
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Free Jewelry Making Tutorial: Antiquing Sterling Silver and Copper Jewelry with Liver of Sulfur
