Wire-wrapped jewelry techniques Tools and inspiration for creating your own fashionable jewelry
Book - 2018
"A little wire, a few simple tools, and some brightly colored beads are all that is needed to create intriguing fashion statements. Features eight step-by-step projects for stunning necklaces, pendants, brooches, hairpins, and earrings"--
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- Published
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Mount Joy, PA :
Fox Chapel Publishing Company, Inc
[2018]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Item Description
- Includes index.
- Physical Description
- 176 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
- ISBN
- 9781565239555
- Chapter 1. Materials
- Wire
- Tools
- Beads
- Chapter 2. Getting Started
- Wire-Wrapping Terms and Structure
- Varying Visual Effects with One Bent-Wire Link
- Basic Bent-Wire Shapes
- Technique 1. Forming Bent-Wire Links
- Wrapping Basics
- Chapter 3. Techniques
- General Wrapping
- Technique 2. Tightly Packed Wrapping
- Technique 3. Loosely Packed Wrapping
- Technique 4. Cluster Wrap
- Technique 5. Random Loose Wrap
- Working with Beads
- Technique 6. Random Loose Beaded Wrap
- Technique 7. Wire-Wrapped Caged Beads
- Technique 8. Wire-Wrapped Bead Dangles
- Technique 9. Adding Beads to Wrapping Wire
- Technique 10. Wire-Wrapped Bead Clusters
- Technique 11. Wrapping with a Beaded Wire
- Wrapping Patterns
- Technique 12. Working a Wrapping Pattern
- Technique 13. Wrapping Patterns with Multiple Arms
- Technique 14. Adding Beads to a Wrapping Pattern
- Technique 15. Woven Wrapping Patterns
- Technique 16. Wrapping with a Coil
- Adding Elements
- Technique 17. Adding a Coil Element
- Technique 18. Adding Half-Circle Coil Elements
- Technique 19. Adding a Bent Loop
- Technique 20. Adding Multiple Bent Loops
- Technique 21. Adding a Beaded Wire
- Technique 22. Adding a Looped Wire
- Technique 23. Embellishing Decorative Loops
- Securing and Adding Arms
- Technique 24. Securing Free-Floating Arms
- Technique 25. Adding a Bending Wire
- Technique 26. Adding Multiple Bending Wires
- Technique 27. Separately Securing Wire Arm Ends
- Special Techniques
- Technique 28. Wrapping Sequential Layers
- Technique 29. Hiding Securing Wires with Beads
- Technique 30. Filling a Space
- Chapter 4. Projects
- Sunset Pendant
- Spring Fling Hoop Earrings
- Snail Trail Necklace
- Kristen Necklace and Earrings Set
- Tumbleweed Earrings
- Salsa Necklace
- Victorian Hot-Air Balloon Pendant
- Coiled Hairpin
- Technique Quick Reference
- About the Author
- Index