Droplet Pendant – Free Wire Wrapped Jewelry Making Tutorial
To make this pendant you’ll need: 1 10mm round bead (hole must be large enough to accommodate two pieces of the thicker wire) 1 briolette bead approximately 8mm tall x 6mm wide 14 inches 18 or 20 gauge dead soft or half hard wire 40 inches 24 gauge dead soft wire an 8mm mandrel, such [...]
Figure Eight Links
These whimsical links are wonderful for spacing out beads on a hand made jewelry chain. To make the larger size shown above, you will need: About 4 inches dead soft 18-gauge or 20-gauge wire (I prefer 20-gauge for these links) An 8mm mandrel, such as a Bic pen or a US size 11 knitting needle [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
How to Make a Simple Loop and Simple Loop Eye Pins
The simple loop is the most fundamental “cold connection” in the wire wrapped jewelry maker’s arsenal. Very simply, it is made by turning the end of a piece of wire into a loop. These little loops have very important uses, though, from linking beads together to form rosary-style chains to attaching the dangly bit of [...]
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