I had a bit of wire left over from the last project so I decided to make a wire wrapped stick pendant with it and a raku bead I made last week. The technique is not my invention..its been around a long time. My adaptation plays the copper wire color on the bead and wire off the silver wire for great contrast. Take about 12-15 inches of 24 gauge wire..I used dead soft sterling round wire. and a piece of the twisted copper. Fit a bead that is just loose enough on the big wire to allow the smaller wire to be inserted into the bead. On the copper wire I flattened the end and drilled a hole through.
A little sanding to remove any burrs and you have a place to run a jump ring or very fine chain through.
Place the bead on the wire and tuck in the small wire..in this case I pushed 1/2 inch of the wire into the bead.
Next wrap the small wire once around the big wire tight against the bead.
Bring the wire tightly around the bead and wrap in the same direction, then pulling tightly on the fine wire go around the bead again as many times as you wish..I went 8 times. Then finish off by wrapping the end around the wire to tie it off. I see my wrap is a little loose and will have to be redone.
This is the back side of the finished piece ready for a jump ring and a chain.
These are some simple silver earrings made from commercial branch forms and sterling hooks.
Another shot with a plain background. These parts were ordered from Hong Kong on Ebay last year and after using some in other projects I decided to make dangles from these. They are of course headed to my Etsy shop.
www.oscarcrow.etsy.com
I had a bit of wire left over from the last project so I decided to make a wire wrapped stick pendant with it and a raku bead I made last week. The technique is not my invention..its been around a long time. My adaptation plays the copper wire color on the bead and wire off the silver wire for great contrast. Take about 12-15 inches of 24 gauge wire..I used dead soft sterling round wire. and a piece of the twisted copper. Fit a bead that is just loose enough on the big wire to allow the smaller wire to be inserted into the bead. On the copper wire I flattened the end and drilled a hole through.
A little sanding to remove any burrs and you have a place to run a jump ring or very fine chain through.
Place the bead on the wire and tuck in the small wire..in this case I pushed 1/2 inch of the wire into the bead.
Next wrap the small wire once around the big wire tight against the bead.
Bring the wire tightly around the bead and wrap in the same direction, then pulling tightly on the fine wire go around the bead again as many times as you wish..I went 8 times. Then finish off by wrapping the end around the wire to tie it off. I see my wrap is a little loose and will have to be redone.
This is the back side of the finished piece ready for a jump ring and a chain.
These are some simple silver earrings made from commercial branch forms and sterling hooks.
Another shot with a plain background. These parts were ordered from Hong Kong on Ebay last year and after using some in other projects I decided to make dangles from these. They are of course headed to my Etsy shop. www.oscarcrow.etsy.com
You always make it look so simple to do! Beautiful results on both pieces! Thank you for sharing!
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